This paper thematically characterizes a large body of recent obsidian sourcing discourse as
a means of highlighting the current place of obsidian provenance studies in larger …

Now with SAGE Publishing! Cultural Anthropology: A Global Perspective delves into both
classic and current research in the field, reflecting a commitment to anthropology's holistic …

Religiously motivated cooperation in the form of pilgrimage is a neglected element in
discussions of the dynamics of cooperative behavior among humans. In this paper, we …

Coastal–highland relationships were important in the development, expansion, and collapse
of ancient societies in Nasca, Peru. Connections between the regions began with the …

The Andes offers a particularly effective focus for an archaeology of mobility because their
extreme topography compresses enormous vertical resource diversity across short …

Most conceptualizations of the state in archaeology remain rooted in Enlightenment ideas of
interlocking institutions that existed external to individuals and their interactions. These static …

Artifacts made from Quispisisa obsidian are widely disseminated in the Peruvian Andes, but
the geological source of the Quispisisa geochemical type was only recently located in …

This paper presents the results of an XRF analysis on the provenience of 118 obsidian
artifacts from archaeological sites of the Antofagasta de la Sierra basin (Catamarca Province …

Abstract The Middle Horizon (600–1000 CE) in the Central Andes was a time of important
changes due to the expansion of the Wari and Tiwanaku states. Many scholars have argued …

La fuente primaria de obsidiana El Peceño se encuentra ubicada en la planicie oriental del
sur de Mendoza y su uso ha sido vinculado a contextos arqueológicos del Holoceno Tardío …