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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Christopher M. Stevenson ,
Ihab Abdelrehim  and
Steven W. Novak
Christopher M. Stevenson
Affiliation:
Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Richmond, VA 23221 ([email protected])
Ihab Abdelrehim
Affiliation:
Evans Northeast, Peabody, MA 01960 ([email protected])
Steven W. Novak
Affiliation:
Evans East, East Windsor, NJ 08520 ([email protected])
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Abstract

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.

Resumen

Resumen

La datación por hidratación de obsidiana ha servido como uno de los indicadores cronológicos para los montículos de la cultura Hopewell (c. 200 a.C.-500 d.C.) en Ohio central. Este trabajo presenta nuevas dataciones por hidratación de obsidiana, conseguidas a partir de una medición de la profundidad del estrato de hidratación de alta precisión, usando espectrometría de masa ion secundaria (SIMS). Estas dataciones sugieren que el intercambio de obsidiana a larga distancia ocurrió durante todo el período Hopewell.

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American Antiquity , Volume 69 , Issue 3 , July 2004 , pp. 555 - 567
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 2004

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