Formative Period Obsidian Exchange along the Pacific Coast of Mesoamerica

Archaeometry

Volumn 57, Issue S1, 2015, Pages 54-73

  Ebert, C E ^a   Dennison, M ^a   Hirth, K G ^a   Mcclure, S B ^a   Kennett, D J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Formative Period; Guerrero; Mesoamerica; Obsidian; Portable XRF; Trade and Exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933277682     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/arcm.12095     Document Type: Article

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