Increasing data (INAA) on Ecuadorian obsidian artifacts: Preliminary provenance and a clue for pre-Columbian eastward trade

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1753-1760

  Santi, Patrizia ^a   Renzulli, Alberto ^a   Oddone, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Ecuador; FAAS; INAA; Integration Period; Obsidian; Provenance; Trade

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; OBSIDIAN; PROVENANCE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ECUADOR;

EID: 77952550443     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.01.034     Document Type: Article

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