Spatio-temporal patterns in obsidian consumption in the Southern Nasca Region, Peru

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 825-832

  Eerkens, Jelmer W ^a   Vaughn, Kevin J ^b   Linares Grados, Moises ^c   Conlee, Christina A ^d   Schreiber, Katharina ^e   Glascock, Michael D ^f   Tripcevich, Nicholas ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Proyecto Nasca Temprano   (Peru)

^d TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^g Archaeological Research Facility   (United States)

Author keywords

Exchange; Mobility; Nasca; Obsidian; Peru; Provenance analysis

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; MOBILITY; MODEL; OBSIDIAN; PROVENANCE;

ICA; NAZCA; PERU;

EID: 77949539669     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.11.012     Document Type: Article

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