Isotopic Evidence for the Provenance of Turquoise, Mineral Paints, and Metals in the Southwestern United States

Lead and strontium isotopes are two powerful tracers that can be used to identify or constrain the provenance of a wide range of archaeological materials, but these two isotopic tracers have been rarely employed to infer the sources of artifacts in the southwestern USA. This dissertation contains fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thibodeau, Alyson Marie
Other Authors: Ruiz, Joaquin
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/243111