BLADE RUNNING: Middle Preclassic Obsidian Exchange and the Introduction of Prismatic Blades at La Blanca, Guatemala

Ancient Mesoamerica

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 47-59

  Jackson, Thomas L ^a   Love, Michael W ^b  

^a BioSystems Analysis Inc ^*  (Chile)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BLADE USE; INTER-REGIONAL TRADE; OBSIDIAN EXCHANGE; PRISMATIC BLADE;

GUATEMALA, LA BLANCA;

EID: 0026306473     PISSN: 09565361     EISSN: 14691787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956536100000365     Document Type: Article

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