Excavation and Preliminary Analysis of an Obsidian Workshop in Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico

Healan, Dan M.; Kerley, J.; Bey, George J.

doi:10.2307/529605

Journal of Field Archaeology

1983

DOI: 10.2307/529605

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Excavation and Preliminary Analysis of an Obsidian Workshop in Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico

Dan M. Healan¹,

J. Kerley²,

George J. Bey³

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The Pachuca obsidian source, Hidalgo, Mexico: A geoarchaeological perspective

Ponomarenko

2003

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Sierra Las Navajas, known to archaeologists as “the Pachuca obsidian source,” has been a major source of obsidian to Mesoamerican societies for more than 3000 years, producing a fine green obsidian unique in Middle America. It was the primary source of the obsidian that formed the economic backbone of the major sociopolitical centers of Classic period Teotihuacán, epi‐Classic Toltec Tula, and Aztec Tenochtitlán. In this paper, the obsidian of Sierra Las Navajas is discussed in the following contexts: (1) geologically, because the extraordinary quality of the Pachuca obsidian, its ease of extraction, and its distinctive color and chemistry are a direct result of its geologic emplacement; (2) locally, as the different mining localities within Sierra Las Navajas reflect the varying needs of the cultures working them; and (3) globally, as the obsidians of Las Navajas were used in concert with obsidians from other sources, and were traded great distances across Mesoamerica. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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The Pachuca obsidian source, Hidalgo, Mexico: A geoarchaeological perspective

Ponomarenko

2003

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Local versus non‐local obsidian exchange at Tula and its implications for post‐formative Mesoamerica

Healan

1993

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Core and Periphery: Obsidian Craft Production in Late Postclassic (a.d. 1250/1300–1519) Tlaxcallan, Mexico

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Castellanos

Cano

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Excavation and Preliminary Analysis of an Obsidian Workshop in Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico

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The Pachuca obsidian source, Hidalgo, Mexico: A geoarchaeological perspective

The Pachuca obsidian source, Hidalgo, Mexico: A geoarchaeological perspective

Local versus non‐local obsidian exchange at Tula and its implications for post‐formative Mesoamerica

Core and Periphery: Obsidian Craft Production in Late Postclassic (a.d. 1250/1300–1519) Tlaxcallan, Mexico

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