Sources of Some Obsidian Flakes from a Paleoindian Site in Guatemala
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- 20 January 1977
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity
- Vol. 42 (1) , 114-118
- https://doi.org/10.2307/279468
Abstract
Neutron activation analysis was used to determine the chemical composition of sources of obsidian artifacts from the Paleoindian site of Los Tapiales in Guatemala with an occupation date of around 10,700 radiocarbon years ago. Three different sources were detected, all between 50 and 75 km from Los Tapiales. The predominant source represented in our ten samples was in the Rio Pixcayá area, and another was in the Tajumulco area. A third source, identified by comparison with other work, appears to be in the area of San Bartolomé Milpas Altas.Keywords
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