Procurement at the Chivay obsidian source, Arequipa, Peru

World Archaeology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 271-297

  Tripcevich, Nicholas ^a   Mackay, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Andes; Archaic; Formative; Inka; Obsidian; Quarrying; Workshop

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CHARCOAL; HYDRATION; OBSIDIAN; QUARRY; QUARRYING; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ANDES; AREQUIPA [PERU]; PERU;

EID: 79960745880     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2011.581447     Document Type: Article

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