An Agate Basin Point from Michoacán, Mexico
Author(s): Brigitte Faugere; José Luis Ruvalcaba
Year: 2023
Summary
This is an abstract from the "Late Pleistocene Stemmed Points across North America: Continental Questions and Regional Concerns" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
A complete black obsidian Agate Basin Point was found in a rockshelter in the state of Michoacán, Mexico, during the excavations realized by the CEMCA team. Despite the fact that the stratigraphy of the shelter had been completely disturbed, this point was found associated with a complete blond flint Clovis. The association of these two relevant points indicates a late reuse of these iconic objects. The paper will describe the technical aspects related to the manufacture of the point and the results of the archaeometric analysis of the obsidian, as well as cultural aspects related to this deposit.
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An Agate Basin Point from Michoacán, Mexico. Brigitte Faugere, José Luis Ruvalcaba. Presented at The 88th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2023 ( tDAR id: 473294)
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Keywords
Geographic Keywords
Mesoamerica: Western
Spatial Coverage
min long: -107.117; min lat: 16.468 ; max long: -100.173; max lat: 23.685 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 36056.0