Formative and classic period obsidian procurement in central Mexico: A compositional study using laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry

Latin American Antiquity

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-43

  Carballo, David M ^a   Carballo, Jennifer ^b   Neff, Hector ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 58149281621     PISSN: 10456635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25063084     Document Type: Article

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