Obsidian (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert Speakman. Sergey Slobodin. Jeffrey Rasic.

Chemical sourcing of obsidian artifacts serves an important role in understanding prehistoric patterns of mobility, trade, exchange, resource exploitation, and cultural interaction. In Alaska and adjacent areas of Canada, more than 8,000 obsidian artifacts and geologic source samples have been analyzed by various analytical techniques resulting in the identification of more than 50 chemically discrete obsidian groups throughout this vast area. In contrast to Alaska, comparatively little...

DOCUMENT Citation Only M. Elizabeth Grávalos. Patrick Ryan Williams. Lauren Monz. Erell Hubert.

Here we present a preliminary chaîne opératoire analysis of obsidian stone tools and associated debitage recovered from a single architectural compound at the site of Cerro Baúl. As the only known direct interaction sphere of the prehispanic Wari and Tiwanaku empires, research at Cerro Baúl in the Moquegua Valley, Peru offers a rare perspective of colonial encounters and intertwined political economies. During the 2015 excavation season we exposed a dense midden context consisting of various...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Linda R Owen.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa Connor. Raymond Kunselman.

We used X-Ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy to identify nine obsidian sources used by the prehistoric inhabitants of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. This paper examines this prehistoric use of obsidian and obsidian sources. Variation in utilization patterns is suggested through study of temporally diagnostic obsidian artifacts. The diachronic pattern of sources used allows consideration of the influences in acquisition, distribution, and use of obsidian.

DOCUMENT Citation Only David McCormick.

Scholarly understanding of the prehistoric economy of the Pacific Coast lacks the resolution afforded its Lowland counterpart. Analysis of the Obsidian deposits at Cotzumalguapa offer us a lens through which to bring our understanding of the prehistoric economy of the Pacific Coast into focus. Surface survey and excavations near the El Baúl acropolis revealed the presence of several obsidian dumps, the result of a large-scale lithic industry in the Classic Period site of Cotzumalguapa. Thus far,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Steven G. Konesky.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Chloé Andrieu. Arthur Demarest. Paola Torres. Julien Sion. Juan Fransisco Saravia.

In the Verapaz valleys, there were sites of the major exchange route used to transport jade and obsidian from the Maya highlands to the lowlands during the Classic period. The Late Classic site of Raxruha Viejo, located on the highland side of the boundary between the Classic Maya kingdoms and their Verapaz highland trading partners, has a unique architecture and material culture of highland Verapaz style but with significant lowland elements. Overall, its assemblage and architecture appear to...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael E. Macko. Edward B. Weil.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Sarah MacDonald. Brian Yaquinto.

Obsidian is a rare raw material in northwest Colorado. As no naturally occurring sources have been identified in the region, obsidian artifacts recovered at archaeological sites were likely brought in through exchange or direct procurement during seasonal foraging routes. Using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis to identify obsidian sources, this poster addresses three questions related to obsidian artifacts found in the Colorado Bureau of Land Management, White River Field Office (WRFO): what...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Richard H. Osborne.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Stanley R. Berryman.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Emma Lou Davis.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert E. Reynolds.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Lawrence J. McGetrick.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Richard Carrico. Randy Franklin. Susan H. Carrico.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Paul E. II Langenwalter. James Brock.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert York.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Nezahualcoyotl Xiuhtecutli. Aurelio Lopez Corral.

Excavated lithic material from plazas at the Postclassic site of Tepeticpac, in the central Mexican state of Tlaxcala, suggests that obsidian production took place in these open spaces that may have served as marketplaces in the Late Postclassic polity of Tlaxcallan. Moreover, although green obsidian is present in Late Postclassic contexts, a decline in its presence is evident from earlier periods. In spite of ethnohistoric sources’ claims that Tlaxcallan was cut off from trade by Tenochtitlan,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Dirk Marcucci.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Derrick J. Marcucci. F. W. Nelson. R. V. Sidrys.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Lynn M. Alex.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only William W. Patton, Jr.. Thomas P. Miller.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Linda M Hurcombe.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Joanne Mack.

The geology of Shasta Valley, California provides an extremely rich food resource for fish and shellfish, which produces abundant fish resources in the Shasta River and its tributaries, well documented by fishery biologists and historical records. The geographical location of the valley and the Upper Klamath River allows relatively easy access to high quality obsidian sources to the east, providing a valuable item for trade to the west. Consideration of the geology and geography allows for a...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Richard Higgins.

This poster focuses on the investigation of sourced obsidian artifacts found in and around the Cañada del Oro Valley in southeastern Arizona. The goal of this study is to understand the evolution of social interaction and obsidian distribution during the pre-classic Hohokam periods (ca. A.D. 700-1150) and how they compare to patterns in neighboring areas. There are no obsidian sources immediately adjacent to the Cañada del Oro Valley or Tucson Basin regions. Therefore, investigation of obsidian...