The source provenance of an obsidian Eden point from Sierra County, New Mexico

Dolan, Sean Gregory; Berryman, Judy; Shackley, M. Steven

doi:10.1080/20555563.2016.1138822

Title: The source provenance of an obsidian Eden point from Sierra County, New Mexico

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Eden projectile points associated with the Cody complex are underrepresented in the late Paleoindian record of the American Southwest. EDXRF analysis of an obsidian Eden point from a site in Sierra County, New Mexico demonstrates this artifact is from the Cerro del Medio (Valles Rhyolite) source in the Jemez Mountains. Lastly, we contextualize our results by examining variability in obsidian procurement practices beyond the Cody heartland in southcentral New Mexico.

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Dolan, Sean Gregory ^[1]; Berryman, Judy ^[2]; Shackley, M. Steven ^[3]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States)
HDR Inc., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Geoarchaeological XRF Lab., Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Publication Date:: Sat Jan 02 00:00:00 EST 2016

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1341856

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-15-28702
Journal ID: ISSN 2055-5563

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: PaleoAmerica

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 2; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2055-5563

Publisher:: Taylor & Francis

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 58 GEOSCIENCES; Obsidian; Archaeology; Jemez Mountains

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                    Dolan, Sean Gregory, Berryman, Judy, and Shackley, M. Steven. The source provenance of an obsidian Eden point from Sierra County, New Mexico.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Dolan, Sean Gregory, Berryman, Judy, & Shackley, M. Steven. The source provenance of an obsidian Eden point from Sierra County, New Mexico.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1080/20555563.2016.1138822

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  title        = {The source provenance of an obsidian Eden point from Sierra County, New Mexico},

  author       = {Dolan, Sean Gregory and Berryman, Judy and Shackley, M. Steven},

  abstractNote = {Eden projectile points associated with the Cody complex are underrepresented in the late Paleoindian record of the American Southwest. EDXRF analysis of an obsidian Eden point from a site in Sierra County, New Mexico demonstrates this artifact is from the Cerro del Medio (Valles Rhyolite) source in the Jemez Mountains. Lastly, we contextualize our results by examining variability in obsidian procurement practices beyond the Cody heartland in southcentral New Mexico.},

  doi          = {10.1080/20555563.2016.1138822},

  journal      = {PaleoAmerica},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 2,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Sat Jan 02 00:00:00 EST 2016},

  month        = {Sat Jan 02 00:00:00 EST 2016}

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