What is it about?
Co-author. I was responsible for field collection of much of the obsidian from field work in Chaco Canyon and getting it analyzed, over time, by 4 different laboratories.
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Why is it important?
Sourcing the obsidian helps provide direct links between use at a site and its original source, barring reuse of the obsidian picked up off earlier sites. For Chaco, the vast majority of obsidian comes from two areas: the Jemez Mts. and Mt. Taylor in northern new Mexico (NNW and W of Albuquerque, respectively).
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This page is a summary of: Patterning in procurement of obsidian in Chaco Canyon and in Chaco-era communities in New Mexico as revealed by X-ray fluorescence, Journal of Archaeological Science, September 2012, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.04.032.
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