Obsidians in the Valley of the Volcanoes, Peru : a geoarchaeological analysis

Author(s)

• Wasilewski, Michał

Bibliographic Information

Obsidians in the Valley of the Volcanoes, Peru : a geoarchaeological analysis

Michał Wasilewski

（BAR international series, 2223）

Archaeopress, 2011

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-84)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This study investigates the quantity and distribution of obsidian deposits in the Valley of the Volcanoes in southern Peru. A fieldwalking survey was undertaken and samples were analysed using Neuron Activation Analysis. 26 of the 45 findspots are identified with a reasonable degree of probability as the site of human activity.

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Details

• NCID: BB0720788X
• ISBN:
  • 9781407307817
• LCCN: 2010681119
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: 84 p., [2] p. op plates
• Size: 30 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : F3429
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Archaeological geology -- Peru
  • LCSH : Volcanoes -- Peru
  • LCSH : Excavations (Archaeology) -- Peru
  • LCSH : Peru -- Antiquities
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00388836