Exploring formative period obsidian blade trade: Three distribution models

Ancient Mesoamerica

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-128

  De León, Jason P ^a   Hirth, Kenneth G ^b   Carballo, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; MODEL; OBSIDIAN; TRADE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; OAXACA; TLAXCALA;

EID: 70349421034     PISSN: 09565361     EISSN: 14691787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956536109000091     Document Type: Article

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