Obsidian procurement, least cost path analysis, and social interaction in the Mimbres area of southwestern New Mexico

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 536-548

  Taliaferro, Matthew S ^a   Schriever, Bernard A ^b   Shackley, M Steven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Least cost path analysis; Mimbres Mogollon; Obsidian characterization; social interaction

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; OBSIDIAN; SOCIAL HISTORY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72649096720     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.10.018     Document Type: Article

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