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Estimating a Hydration Rate for Chimaltenango Obsidian

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Luis Hurtado de Mendoza
Luis Hurtado de Mendoza*
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Abstract

Ninety-six percent of the obsidians in the valley of Guatemala originate in either the El Chayal or the Chimaltenango source systems. To an established hydration rate for El Chayal obsidian, one for Chimaltenango is added, thus expanding chronometric control to most of the central highlands of Guatemala.

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American Antiquity , Volume 46 , Issue 1 , January 1981 , pp. 159 - 162
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1981

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