Fingerprinting and tracing the sources of soils and sediments: Earth and ocean science, geoarchaeological, forensic, and human health applications

PN Owens, WH Blake, L Gaspar, D Gateuille… - Earth-Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Fine-grained sediment is perhaps the most widespread and pervasive contaminant in
aquatic systems reflecting its role in influencing the quality of the water (eg, turbidity, vector …

Geographic vectors of human mobility in the Andes (34–36 S): comparative analysis of 'minor'obsidian sources

V Cortegoso, R Barberena, V Durán, G Lucero - Quaternary International, 2016 - Elsevier
We have carried out long-term comparative in a wide latitudinal range of the Andes (29°–37°
south), encompassing selected areas that differ in ecology and biogeography. This …

Global perspectives on obsidian studies in archaeology

YV Kuzmin, C Oppenheimer, C Renfrew - Quaternary International, 2020 - Elsevier
For more than a half-century, obsidian provenancing has underpinned many archaeological
investigations of peoples of the past. The pace of obsidian studies in this regard has …

Obsidian geochemistry, geoarchaeology, and lithic technology in northwestern Patagonia (Argentina)

MV Fernández, R Barberena, AA Rughini… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
We studied the organization of mobility of hunter-gatherers groups of northwestern
Patagonia (Argentina) from an interdisciplinary perspective. We combined geochemical and …

Obsidian sources from the southern Andean highlands (Laguna del Diamante, Argentina and Chile): geochemical insights on geological complexity and human …

V Cortegoso, L Yebra, V Durán, R Barberena… - Archaeological and …, 2020 - Springer
New geochemical results for two obsidian types, Laguna del Diamante and Arroyo
Paramillos, naturally available in the Laguna del Diamante locality, a seasonally accessible …

'To and fro'the southern Andean highlands (Argentina and Chile): Archaeometric insights on geographic vectors of mobility

VA Durán, V Cortegoso, R Barberena, C Frigolé… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The Andes mountain range is one key physiographic feature of South America with the
potential to have acted as a barrier and corridor for human societies. The goal of this paper …

Obsidian use and mobility during the Early and Middle Holocene in the Salt Puna, NW Argentina

E Pintar, JG Martínez, CA Aschero, MD Glascock - Quaternary International, 2016 - Elsevier
We discuss the use of obsidian as a tool to understand the mobility range of hunter-
gatherers living in a high-elevation desert in the Salt Puna, specifically in the area of …

Provenance of obsidian artifacts from the Natural Protected Area Laguna del Diamante (Mendoza, Province Argentina) and upper Maipo valley (Chile) by LA-ICP-MS …

AM De Francesco, D Barca, M Bocci, V Cortegoso… - Quaternary …, 2018 - Elsevier
By means of inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry associated with Laser Ablation
(LA-ICP-MS) we analyzed several obsidian artifacts from the Natural Protected Area Laguna …

[HTML][HTML] Estrategias tecnológicas y patrones de interacción en la cuenca del río de Las Tunas (Valle de Uco, Mendoza). Un aporte preliminar desde estudios …

MJ Ots, ML Salgán, N Sugrañes - Intersecciones en antropología, 2023 - SciELO Argentina
El trabajo propone estudiar la interacción entre las poblaciones del centro y sur de
Mendoza durante los últimos 1500 años a partir del reconocimiento de patrones de …

Sources of obsidian artefacts, exchange networks and landscape use in Auca Mahuida (Neuquén, north‐western Patagonia)

DD Rindel, SI Perez, R Barberena… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The results of the X‐ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis of 59 obsidian samples from 11
archaeological sites in the Auca Mahuida region of north‐western Neuquén, Argentina, are …