Obsidian hydration at high elevation: Archaic quarrying at the Chivay source, southern Peru

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1360-1367

  Tripcevich, Nicholas ^a   Eerkens, Jelmer W ^b   Carpenter, Tim R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Archaeometrics   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Andes; Dating; Hydration; Lithics; Obsidian; Peru

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DATING METHOD; HYDRATION; LITHIC FRAGMENT; OBSIDIAN; QUARRYING; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ANDES; COLCA VALLEY; PERU;

EID: 84857123821     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.11.016     Document Type: Article

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