23027
Accession Number
4635
Title Of Article Chaper
An obsidian hydration rate for the Lower Columbia River Valley
Title Of Journal Book
American antiquity
Volume
42
Issue
4
Pages
616-619
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
A hydration rate for obsidian of 1.3um<sub>2</sub> per 1,0O0 radiocarbon years has been calculated for the lower Columbia River Valley of Oregon and Washington. The rate provides a means for dating prehistoric archaeological sites containing obsidian in terms of their radiocarbon age. -- AATA
pub_id
23027