Appendix 1: Sample of Objects in the Ekholm Collection, Tampico-Panuco Region (as classified by Ekholm)
FIGURINES
Very Primitive Type; Flat Rectangular-Eyed Type; Cut-Featured Type; Bulging-Eye Type; Large El Prisco Figurines; Monkeys; Panuco Type A; Panuco Type B; Panuco Type C; Coffee-Bean Eye Type; Coarse Paste Type; Portrait Type Figurines; Mold-Made Figurines; Large Realistic Figurines; Masks; Figurines of "Primitive" Appearance; Grotesque Human-Animal Heads; Miscellaneous and Unclassified Figurines; Figurine Bodies and Body Fragments.
Figurines, Panuco A Type, Tampico-Panuco region, Periods II-IV.
Faces are small, fine-grained and well polished;they are pinched out at the mouth
Figurines, Panuco B Type, Tampico-Panuco region, time sequence unknown (Period III?).Ekholm describes these as objects of crude execution and lack of polish
Figurines, Panuco C Type, Tampico-Panuco region, Periods III-IV.Heads are large, fine-grained and well polished
Figurines, Coffee-Bean Eye Type, Tampico-Panuco region, Periods II-VI. Eyes are made of an added fillet of clay
Figurines, Grotesque Human-Animal Heads, Tampico-Panuco region, different time periods.Grouped together for convenience, since they do not really form a type
WHISTLES
Zoomorphic Figurines, El Prisco, Tampico-Panuco region, Period II.Bird-shaped whistles were common amongst the Huastec
SPINDLE WHORLS
Spindle whorls, Las Flores, Period V
SMOKING PIPES
Smoking Pipes, Pavon/Las Flores sites, Tampico-Panuco region, Period V-VI.Similar pipes are found in Michoacan and Sinaloa
TUBULAR EARPLUGS
SOLID EARPLUGS
CLAY RINGS
CLAY BEADS
REWORKED SHERDS
RATTLES
STAMPS
WHEELED TOYS
PESTLES
OBJECTS OF COPPER
Objects of Copper, Las Flores, Period V.
Bells; Pendants; Earplugs.Ekholm concludes that copper was not used in the area prior to this period since no remains were found in the lower levels of excavation.
OBJECTS OF SHELL
Objects of Shell, Las Flores/Pavon sites, Tampico-Panuco region, Period V.
Carved Faces; Finger Rings; Bird Head Necklaces; Shells Cut to form the Sign of the Wind God; Shell Rods; Buttons; Pendants and Beads of Olivia Shells, Miscellaneous Ornaments; U-Shaped Ornaments; Triangular Pendants; Implements; Large Hooks; Beads; Mosaic Fragments.Figures H and I are cut to form the sign of Quetzalcoatl, the Wind God.
OBJECTS OF BONE
Objects of Bone, Las Flores, Period V.Spatulate Pointed Implements; Awls; Projectile Points; Small Double-Pointed Tools; Bone Tubes; Bone Combs; Bone Needles; Ornamented Punches or Pins; Cut Metatarsal Bones; Buttons; Animal Teeth; Worked Human Bone; Mutilated Human Tooth.
OBJECTS OF STONE
Chipped Stone Implements (obsidian), Tampico-Panuco region, Periods IV-VI.Small Carved Stone Objects (Jade Ornaments; Jade Mosaic Fragments; Turquoise Mosaic Fragments; Mosaic Mirror of Iron Pyrites); Chipped Stone Implements (Obsidian and Obsidian Flake Blades; Projectile Points; Knives; Scrapers); Ground Stone Implements (Adzes; Axes; Bark Beaters; Pestles; Manos and Metates; Other Grinding Stones; Mason's Tools; Stone Balls; Miscellaneous).
MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS
Boat-shaped Objects; Clay Rods of Various Forms; Clay Cells; Spindle-Shaped Object; Miniature Vessels; Ornamental "Pin".
STONE SCULPTURE
ARCHITECTURE
Plaster Surfaced Structures; Structures With Baked Clay Surfaces; Asphalt Surfaced Structures; Stone Structures; Architectural forms.