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Identification of the Sources of Hopewellian Obsidian in the Middle West

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

James B. Griffin ,
A. A. Gordus  and
G. A. Wright
James B. Griffin
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
A. A. Gordus
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
G. A. Wright
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Abstract

One hundred and twenty years ago, the first obsidian implements were reported from Hopewellian mounds by Squier and Davis (1848). Since that time, a number of regions have been suggested as the source area: Alaska, the Pacific Coast, Yellowstone National Park, New Mexico, and central Mexico. Neutron activation analysis of the elemental composition of Hopewellian obsidian indicates two separate element groups. One of these, the 150 Group, has its source at Obsidian Cliff in Yellowstone. The second, the 90 Group, is also located in Yellowstone, but the exact flow has not yet been discovered.

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Research Article
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American Antiquity , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , January 1969 , pp. 1 - 14
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1969

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