An Examination of the Effects of Temperature Variation on the Hydration Characteristics of Two California Obsidians

Bibliographic Data

ID11380296
AuthorsFrank J Findlow (Taos, New Mexico, corresponding author), Phyllis M Martin (Columbia University), Jonathan E Ericson (Peabody Museum, Harvard University), Jonathan Ericson (0000-0002-9874-7625, Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology)
Year1982
Volume3
Issue1
Pages37-49
Publication date1982-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNorth American Archaeologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0197-6931 • E-ISSN: 1541-3543
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/5gwq-mdjx-jtrw-y36l
OpenAlexW2313913618
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited14

New hydration rates are proposed for obsidians from the Casa Diablo and Coso source areas in California's Sierra Nevada range. Obsidians from these two sources were used extensively throughout central California and western Nevada during prehistoric times. The new hydration rates presented here differ from earlier California hydration rates in that they account simultaneously for the effects of chemical source variation, climatic regime, and soil temperature. As a result of this greater degree of control over possible sources of variation, the two new hydration rates should provide archaeologists working in the Coso and Casa Diablo areas with reliable and highly accurate chronometric dating techniques

Archaeology · Geography · Physical geography · Prehistory · Range (aeronautics · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Natural History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology

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