Geochemistry of west-central Chihuahua obsidian nodules and implications for the derivation of obsidian artefacts

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1023-1038

  Fralick, Philip W ^a   Stewart, Joe D ^a   MacWilliams, A C ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; GEOCHEMISTRY; OBSIDIAN;

CHIHUAHUA; MEXICO;

EID: 0032193233     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1998.0287     Document Type: Article

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