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SOURCE PROVENANCE OF OBSIDIAN ARTIFACTS FROM THREE SITES IN PARK COUNTY, CENTRAL COLORADO

Abstract

The analysis here of 16 obsidian artifacts from three sites in central Colorado indicates a dominance of artifacts produced from the Valles Rhyolite (Cerro del Medio) dome in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico. One artifact was produced from the El Rechuelos Rhyolite domes in the Jemez Mountains, and one artifact was produced from the Cochetopa Dome in Saguache County, Colorado. An earlier study of 5PA4803 also indicated procurement of obsidian from these two Jemez Mountains sources (Shackley 2017)

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