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Central Oregon obsidian from a submerged early Holocene archaeological site beneath Lake Huron.
- Source :
- PLoS ONE; 5/19/2021, Vol. 16 Issue 5, p1-11, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Obsidian, originating from the Rocky Mountains and the West, was an exotic exchange commodity in Eastern North America that was often deposited in elaborate caches and burials associated with Middle Woodland era Hopewell and later complexes. In earlier times, obsidian is found only rarely. In this paper we report two obsidian flakes recovered from a now submerged paleolandscape beneath Lake Huron that are conclusively attributed to the Wagontire obsidian source in central Oregon; a distance of more than 4,000 km. These specimens, dating to ~ 9,000 BP, represent the earliest and most distant reported occurrence of obsidian in eastern North America. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- OBSIDIAN
ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations
COMMODITY exchanges
HOLOCENE Epoch
LAKES
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 150385363
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250840