Sources of Sinagua Obsidian Points and Debitage: XRF Analysis
Author(s): John Whittaker; Daniel Lee; Lee Sharpe; Jeffery Ferguson
Year: 2017
Summary
Projectile points and debitage from three Sinagua sites in northern Arizona, were analyzed using the XRF instruments at Missouri University Research Reactor. The rooms at Lizard Man Village, Fortress Hills, and New Caves were occupied between 1050 and 1250 AD. Over 300 obsidian points and debitage were analyzed using an ARL Quant’x EDXRF Spectrometer. The primary source of obsidian is the well-known Government Mt source,with a few samples from RS Hill and other sources. The nearest sources of abundant obsidian were heavily used, but our data allow us to look at changes through time in northern Sinagua obsidian use and point typology.
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Sources of Sinagua Obsidian Points and Debitage: XRF Analysis. John Whittaker, Daniel Lee, Lee Sharpe, Jeffery Ferguson. Presented at The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, British Columbia. 2017 ( tDAR id: 428869)
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Keywords
Geographic Keywords
North America - Southwest
Spatial Coverage
min long: -115.532; min lat: 30.676 ; max long: -102.349; max lat: 42.033 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 15546