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Locating the Quispisisa Obsidian Source in the Department of Ayacucho, Peru

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Richard L. Burger  and
Michael D. Glascock
Richard L. Burger
Affiliation:
Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, Box 208118, 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520
Michael D. Glascock
Affiliation:
Research Reactor Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
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Abstract

In 1999, the Quispisisa source of obsidian was located in the Province of Huanca Sancos in central Ayacucho near the village of Sacsamarca. This discovery has been confirmed at the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) by comparing the neautron activation analyses of source samples with artifacts. The Quispisisa source of volcanic glass provided the raw material for most of the obsidian artifacts utilized in central and northern Peru throughout prehispanic times.

Resumen

Resumen

En 1999, se ubicó la fuente geológica de obsidiana Quispisisa en la provincia de Huanca Sancos en la parte central de Ayacucho, cerca del pueblo de Sacsamarca. Esta identificación ha sido confirmada por analisis de NAA en la Universidad de Missouri, mediante la comparación de muestras del yacimiento con artefactos de sitios arqueológicos. El yacimiento de obsidiana Quispisisa fue la fuente de materia prima para la mayoría de los artefactos de obsidiana en el área central y norte del Perú durante la época prehispánica.

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Latin American Antiquity , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , September 2000 , pp. 258 - 268
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Copyright © 2000 by the Society for American Archaeology

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