Late Classic and Epiclassic Obsidian Procurement and Consumption in the Southeastern Toluca Valley, Central Highland Mexico

Late Classic and Epiclassic Obsidian Procurement and Consumption in the Southeastern Toluca Valley, Central Highland Mexico

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Published on 2006 by ProQuest

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During three seasons of field research, more than 11,000 obsidian artifacts were excavated from two platform mounds at the Late Classic and Epiclassic period site locus of Santa Cruz Atizapan in the Toluca Valley, Mexico. These artifacts were studied using an attribute analysis, chemical sourcing techniques, and use-wear analysis in order to address questions regarding changes in obsidian acquisition and consumption brought about by the demise of the city of Teotihuacan during the Late Classic. However, due to the nature of the varied analytical approaches and unresolved issues concerning artifact provenience, not all of these objects were analyzed for each approach.

Lenght : 205

Language : en

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