Description and method of exploitation of the Alca obsidian source, Peru

Latin American Antiquity

Volumn 13, Issue PART 1, 2002, Pages 107-118

  Jennings, Justin ^a   Glascock, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 33645611614     PISSN: 10456635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/971743     Document Type: Article

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