An Amazing Deposit of Obsidian Blades in a Sector of Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

In recent years the rescues carried out in Guatemala City, specifically between zones 7 and 11, have uncovered several deposits containing huge amounts of obsidian artifacts. During the excavations of the Lake Miraflores project located on the San Juan causeway, zone 7, a huge deposit containing thousands of obsidian artifacts was uncovered. This deposit can be related to another already studied in the vicinity of mound C-IV-4 of Kaminaljuyu. This paper presents the results of the preliminary study of the deposit that reported very interesting data on the use of obsidian in the site that will help provide a better understanding of the role of obsidian in the economy of Kaminaljuyu toward the end of the Preclassic period.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 36260.0