High Precision Measurement of Obsidian Hydration Layers on Artifacts from the Hopewell Site Using Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2591979
AutoresChristopher M Stevenson (0000-0002-3575-2363, Virginia Department of Forensic Science, autor correspondente), Ihab Abdelrehim, Ihab M Abdelrehim (Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology), Steven W Novak (0000-0002-6790-8369, Windsor Dermatology)
Ano2004
Volume69
Fascículo3
Páginas555-567
Data de publicação2004-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Antiquity (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/4128406
OpenAlexW2332799984
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas20
Referências citadas34

Obsidian hydration dating has served as one of the chronological indicators for the Hopewell Culture earthworks (ca. 200 B.C.-A.D. 500) in central Ohio. This work presents new obsidian hydration dates developed from high precision hydration layer depth profiling using secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). These data suggest that long-distance exchange in obsidian occurred throughout the Hopewell period

Archaeology · Chromatography · Geography · Mass spectrometry · Secondary ion mass spectrometry · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Chemistry · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology