Trace element analysis of obsidian artifacts from a classic Maya residential group at Nohmul, Belize

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984 · Am. Antiq.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2307/279747· OSTI ID:5260076

Hammond, N; Neivens, M D; Harbottle, G

Forty-nine obsidian artifacts from a classic period residential group at Nohmul, northern Belize, have been analyzed by neutron activation analysis. The majority of the samples originated from Ixtepeque, and the remainder from El Chayal. Increasing prominence of the Ixtepeque source from the late Classic into the Terminal Classic (i.e., before and after ca. A.D. 800) suggests greater use of a coastal distribution route known to have originated in the formative and to have remained in use through the colonial period.

• Research Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ
• OSTI ID: 5260076
• Journal Information: Am. Antiq.; (United States), Vol. 49:4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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