Sourcing Basalt from the Santiago Quarry in Chihuahua, Mexico Using XRF
Author(s): Michael Searcy; Todd Pitezel; Eric Christiansen
Year: 2017
Summary
During survey in 2013, we identified the only known vesicular basalt quarry in the Casas Grandes region in northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico. Using XRF, we analyzed basalt from the Santiago Quarry and compared the results to the chemical characterization of formal tools (mostly mano and metate fragments) recovered at the site of Paquimé in order to determine if this quarry was one of the sources exploited by prehistoric stoneworkers during the Medio period (1200-1450 A.D.).
Cite this Record
Sourcing Basalt from the Santiago Quarry in Chihuahua, Mexico Using XRF. Michael Searcy, Todd Pitezel, Eric Christiansen. Presented at The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, British Columbia. 2017 ( tDAR id: 432061)
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Keywords
General
Basalt Quarry
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Casas Grandes
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XRF
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): 17343