Obsidian source characterization in the Cordillera Real and eastern piedmont of the north Ecuadorian Andes

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1069-1079

  Knight, Charles L F ^a   Cuéllar, Andrea M ^b   Glascock, Michael D ^c   Hall, Minard L ^d   Mothes, Patricia A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Andes; Ecuador; Obsidian procurement; Obsidian provenance; Quijos; XRF and NAA

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LAVA DOME; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; OBSIDIAN; PIEDMONT; PROVENANCE; RHYOLITE; SOURCE ROCK; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

CORDILLERA REAL [ECUADOR]; ECUADOR;

EID: 79952247420     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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