MAYAN ECCENTRIC
CENTIPEDE DESIGN
FROM A CACHE OF 26 "ECCENTRIC FLINTS"
MAYA CULTURE---CLASSIC PERIOD

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   This Mayan eccentric was found in a cache of

26 other eccentrics represents a centipede. The

edge serrations form the legs and pincers.

Excavations, in 1959-1963 at the Ruins of Altar de
Sacrificios in the Dept. of Peten in Guatemala by

the Peabody Museum, produced three centipede

eccentrics. Two were bifacially flaked and the third

was flaked only on one side or unifacial. They were

found in datable features that were widely separated

in time. One was dated to the Early Classic period

and another was dated to the end of the Classic period.

The one illustrated here measures 3 5/16 inches (8.4 cm)

long.

Mayan centipede eccentric.

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