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PRE-HISPANIC OBSIDIAN PROCUREMENT IN THE TUXTLA MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN VERACRUZ, MEXICO

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2001

Robert S. Santley ,
Thomas P. Barrett ,
Michael D. Glascock  and
Hector Neff
Robert S. Santley
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
Thomas P. Barrett
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
Michael D. Glascock
Affiliation:
Research Reactor Center, University of Missouri–Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
Hector Neff
Affiliation:
Research Reactor Center, University of Missouri–Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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Abstract

This paper discusses the results of recent instrumental neutron-activation analysis (INNA) work identifying the obsidian sources relied upon in the Tuxtla Mountains of southern Veracruz in pre-Hispanic times. Our research indicates that Guadalupe Victoria and, secondarily, Zaragoza obsidian were the main sources imported to the Tuxtlas during the Early and Middle Formative periods. In contrast, Zaragoza became the dominant source relied upon from Late Formative times onward. Data on obsidian color and raw-material quality make it possible to extend the INAA results to the entire obsidian assemblage from the Tuxtlas.

Type
Research Article
Information
Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , January 2001 , pp. 49 - 63
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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