Jadeite (Other Keyword)

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Historic Archaeology at the Hunters Hill Residential Development, City of Chino Hills, San Bernardino County: the Data Recovery Program. Vol I & II (Catalogue). Vol I=465 PP (1996)

DOCUMENT Citation Only J. S. Alexandrowicz. S. R. Alexandrowicz. A. A. Kuhner. A. Q. Duffield Stoll.

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Jadeite and Exotic Greenstones in the Huastec: The Mayan Style Lapidary Prestige Goods at Rancho Aserradero and Tamtoc (2017)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Reyna Solis. Emiliano Melgar.

The archaeologist of INAH recovered hundreds of lapidary items at Tamtoc and Rancho Aserradero. Among these pieces, there are glossy greenstone objects restricted to the burials of both sites. The chemical composition and mineralogical characteristics of them with Micro-Raman, XRF, and FTIR, allowed us to identify two exotic raw materials, jadeite and green quartz from the Motagua Valley in Guatemala. Also, with the technological analysis of their manufacturing traces with Experimental...