Prehistoric Quarries and Terranes: The Modena and Tempiute Obsidian Sources.

FRANCO, NORA VIVIANA

American Antiquity

Cambridge University Press

Lugar: New York; Año: 2022 vol. 1 p. 1 - 2

At first glance, readers may think that Prehistoric Quarries and Terranes: The Modena and Tempiute Obsidian Sources of the American Great Basin deals only with findings and human behavior at quarry sites, but this is clearly not the case. Michael J. Shott’s thoughtful historical reviews about lithic sources, quarry sampling, and biface and debitage analysis, as well as obsidian dating, scale of quarry produc-tion, and transport decisions, are of great value for lithic analysts and, specifically, for researchers beginning to work in these areas. These reviews and experiments by the team form the basis for selec-tion of variables in the case studies. The quantity of statistical analysis performed in some cases may seem overwhelming, but they are necessary and illuminating, and results obtained by Shott will have great influence on future archaeological research on lithic technology.