[PDF][PDF] The Jampatilla obsidian source: identifying the geological source of Pampas type obsidian artifacts from southern Peru
RL Burger, KJ Schreiber…�- Andean�…, 1998 - digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu
Background In 1974 and 1975, a study of Peruvian archaeological obsidian at the Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) identified a distinctive chemical composition of
obsidian utilized in artifacts. For ease of reference it was called Pampas Type obsidian.
Pampas Type obsidian was one of eleven common kinds of obsidian utilized in pre-Hispanic
times in what now is Peru. l Pampas Type obsidian was documented as common only in the
samples from sites iJ]. the Carhuarazo Valley of southern Ayacucho (Figure 1). 2 These�…
Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) identified a distinctive chemical composition of
obsidian utilized in artifacts. For ease of reference it was called Pampas Type obsidian.
Pampas Type obsidian was one of eleven common kinds of obsidian utilized in pre-Hispanic
times in what now is Peru. l Pampas Type obsidian was documented as common only in the
samples from sites iJ]. the Carhuarazo Valley of southern Ayacucho (Figure 1). 2 These�…