An Obsidian Hydration Rate for the Lower Columbia River Valley
- 1 October 1977
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity
- Vol. 42 (4) , 616-619
- https://doi.org/10.2307/278935
Abstract
A hydration rate for obsidian of 1.3 μm2 per 1,000 radiocarbon years has been calculated for the lower Columbia River Valley of Oregon and Washington. The rate provides a means for dating prehistoric archaeological sites containing obsidian in terms of their radiocarbon age.Keywords
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