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This article would not have been possible without the assistance of various organizations and individuals. The artifacts from Xochicalco were recovered and analyzed with generous support from the Foundation for Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. (FAMSI grant 01029), the Proyecto Especial Xochicalco (directed by Norberto González Crespo) funded by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia), and the Xochicalco Lithic Project (directed by Kenneth Hirth) funded by National Science Foundation research grants 9429292, 9496188, and 9121949. Karen Andrews, Constantino Armendariz, David Carballo, Susan Evans, Luis Gonzalo Gaviño, Timothy Scheffler, Alejandro Serabia, Saburo Sugiyama, Gene Titmus, and James Woods provided invaluable assistance with many of the figures. Finally, I appreciate the editorial feedback from David Carballo, Susan Evans, and Haley Harms.
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Andrews, B.W. (2008). Stone Tools in Mesoamerica: Flaked Stone Tools. In: Selin, H. (eds) Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4425-0_9638
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