Bitumen Sourcing in the Olmec Region

Acknowledgements

Portions of this report are published elsewhere (Wendt and Lu 2006). This research was supported by a grant from the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc., (FAMSI), (#03059). Archaeological bitumen samples were graciously provided by Ann Cyphers (Proyecto Arqueológico San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán); Matthew Boxt, Mark Raab, and Rebecca González Lauck (Proyecto Arqueológico La Venta); and Ponciano Ortíz Ceballos and María del Carmen Rodríguez (Proyecto Manatí). The Consejo de Arqueología of the Instituto National de Antropologia e Historia granted permission for sample export. For additional support and assistance, I thank Ann Cyphers, David Grove, David Webster, Carlos Williams Rojas (Exploración Salina del Istmo, PEMEX), Esteban Hernández, Ranmalee Perera, and Ian Kaplan.

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