Procurement and Use of Obsidian at the Middle Horizon – Late Intermediate Site of Quilcapampa, Valle de Siguas, Arequipa, Peru
Author(s): Branden Rizzuto; Justin Jennings
Year: 2018
Summary
This poster highlights emerging results of our ongoing study to further characterize the procurement networks and use strategies of obsidian sources in the south-central Andes during the Middle Horizon (600 CE – 1000 CE) and Late Intermediate Periods (1000 CE – 1476 CE). We present archaeometric analyses and provenience studies of excavated obsidian objects from the Middle Horizon – Late Intermediate site of Quilcapampa, located in the Valle de Siguas, Arequipa, Peru. In total, 70 objects were analyzed using handheld energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectrometry (pXRF). Preliminary results demonstrate that the obsidian used at Quilcapampa originates from several distinct outcrop sources within the central Andean region, and particular attention is given to how obsidian procurement practices at Quilcapampa varied over time.
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Procurement and Use of Obsidian at the Middle Horizon – Late Intermediate Site of Quilcapampa, Valle de Siguas, Arequipa, Peru. Branden Rizzuto, Justin Jennings. Presented at The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Washington, DC. 2018 ( tDAR id: 442989)
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Keywords
General
Andes: Late Intermediate
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Archaeometry & Materials Analysis: XRF/pXRF
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Obsidian
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Trade and exchange
Geographic Keywords
South America: Andes
Spatial Coverage
min long: -82.441; min lat: -56.17 ; max long: -64.863; max lat: 16.636 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 22381