Table 1 Description of sixty-seven greenstone objects studied from the collections at the Dallas Museum of Art

From: Complementary scientific techniques for the study of Mesoamerican greenstone objects

Accession #	Object name	Culture	Time period	HHXRF	Raman	SEM/EDS	XRD
1976.W.248	Pair of ear rods	Cocle	700–1100 CE	Om-Jd
1973.54	Face effigy	Colima	100 BCE-250 CE	Jd-Om
2000.238.FA	Crouching male figure	Colima	300 BCE-150 CE	Inc
1973.55	Hunched seated figure	Colima	100 BCE-200 CE	Om-Jd
1973.57	Mask with coffee bean shaped eyes	Colima	100 BCE-250 CE	Jd-Om
1971.42	Pendant: anthropomorphic celt	Greater Nicoya	1–500 CE	Inc
1973.23	Mask	Guerrero	1200–400 BC	Jd-Om
2000.236.FA	Monkey	Guerrero	500 BCE-150 CE	Serp
1973.34	Jade Pendant Depicting a Man’s Head	Maya	550–250 CE	Jd	✓	✓	✓
1973.37	Pendant depicting head of ruler	Maya	550–800 CE	Jd		✓	✓
2008.82.4	Bead depicting jaguar head	Maya	600–900 CE	Jd		✓
2008.79	Plaque fragment with a human head in profile	Maya	600–900 CE	Om-Jd	✓	✓	✓
1973.41	Pendant depicting an enthroned lord	Maya	600–900 CE	Jd
2008.78	Bead: figure of acrobat or bound prisoner	Maya	600–900 CE	Jd-Om
1973.42	Jade pendant: contortionist	Maya	250–550 CE	Jd
2008.81.2	Spherical bead with circles	Maya	600–900 CE	Jd-Om
2008.76	Pendant: Macaw head profile	Maya	600–900 CE	Jd-Om
2008.9	Spherical bead with four glyphs	Maya	200–800 CE	Jd-Om
2008.82.1	Frontal face pendant	Maya	600–900 CE	Jd-Om
2008.16	Earflare with incised image of principal bird deity	Maya	250–500 BCE	Jd-Om
1983.W.2	Royal belt ornament	Maya	500–700 CE	Jd-Om
1973.36	Pendant: head of ruler	Maya	550–800 CE	Jd
1968.5	Pectoral: supplicant figure	Maya	650–900 CE	Jd-Om
1973.77	Seated figurine	Mezcala	300 BCE–500 CE	Serp
1967.11	Standing figurine	Mezcala	500 BC-AD 900	Serp
1973.44	Seated figure with crossed arms	Mixtec	1100–1500 CE	Serp
1991.355	Celt	Olmec	1000–300 BCE	Serp	✓
2000.230.FA	Spoon pendant	Olmec	900–500 BCE	Jd-Om	✓
2000.232FA	Cylindrical bead depicting a serpent	Olmec	900–500 BCE	Jd-Om	✓	✓	✓
1969.18	Handle for Awl	Olmec	800–400 BCE	Jd-Om	✓
2000.233FA	Pendant depicting a coiled serpent	Olmec	900–500 BCE	Jd-Om
2008.86	Bead: monkey profile	Olmec	500–200 BCE	Om-Jd
1973.75	Pendant: depicting a crocodile	Olmec	900–500 BCE	Jd-Om
1973.2	Mythological animal	Olmec	900–500 BCE	Jd-Om
1968.3	Concave pectoral	Olmec	1200–400 BCE	Jd-Om
2008.81.1	Duck head pendant	Olmec	400–200 BCE	Jd-Om
1968.16.FA	Hummingbird pendant	Olmec	800–400 BCE	Jd-Om
1969.5	Pendant: bearded man	Olmec	1200–400 BCE	Jd-Om
1968.17.FA	Miniature mask	Olmec	800–400 BCE	Jd-Om
2008.89	Head-form pendant	Olmec	900–500 BCE	Inc
1969.11	Anthropomorphic plaque, possibly the fire serpent	Olmec	800–400 BCE	Serp
1973.27	Standing figure with were-jaguar face	Olmec	1200–400 BCE	Jd-Om
1973.29	Spirit axe	Olmec	900–500 BCE	Serp
1971.41	Celt	Olmec	900–300 BCE	Jd-Om
1968.32	Celt with incised plant motif	Olmec	900–500 BCE	Serp
1973.25	Standing figure	Olmec	900–500 BCE	Serp
1970.18	Celt with incised masked figure	Olmec	900–500 BCE	Jd-Om
1968.2	Kneeling male figure	Olmec	800–400 BCE	Serp
1973.17	Mask	Olmec	900–500 BCE	Jd-Om
1983.5	Seated ruler in ritual pose	Olmec	900–500 BCE	Serp
1973.18	Pendant: Spoon with incised motif in bowl	Olmec	900–500 BCE	Jd-Om
1973.21	Pendant: reclining figure	Olmec	1200–400 BCE	Jd-Om
1969.3	Earflare	Olmec	1200–400 BCE	Jd-Om
1971.73	Earspool	Olmec	1200–400 BCE	Serp
2008.74	Bead depicting human head	Olmec Style	900–500 BC	X		✓
1973.26	Standing figure	Teotihuacan	200 BCE-100 CE	Serp
1973.48	Standing figure	Teotihuacan	100–250 CE	Om-Jd
1973.5	Face panel	Teotihuacan	250–650 CE	Om-Jd
1969.4	Double figure	Unknown	600–300 BCE	Serp
1969.23	Figure	Unknown	600–300 BCE	Jd-Om		✓	✓
2000.241FA	Profile bird head figure	Unknown	1–500 CE	Jd
2000.240FA	Bird-celt pendant	Unknown	1–500 CE	Inc
1973.46	Pendant: ruler with jaguar headdress	Unknown	550–800 CE	Inc
1977.2	Celt	Unknown	1000–1500 CE	Jd
2004.53	Profile figure holding staff with bird	Unknown	300–700 CE	Jadeite
2000.234.FA	Standing figure	Unknown	500 BCE-150 CE	Serp
2000.235	Standing stone figure	Unknown	500 BCE–150 CE	Om-Jd
1977.3	Tubular bead	Unknown	1000–1500 CE	Om

In this table includes accession number, object name, culture, time period, and analytical method, which includes handheld XRF spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, SEM, and XRD. Note: "Jd", "Om", and "Serp" represent the minerals jadeite, omphacite, and serpentine, respectively. "Inc" represent inconclusive results. "✓" indicates that the object was studied using a specific analytical technique

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Table 1 Description of sixty-seven greenstone objects studied from the collections at the Dallas Museum of Art

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