ABSTRACT
An obsidian channel flake from the Late Paleoindian-aged Bull Creek camp (Oklahoma panhandle), analyzed by energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence, was determined to have been manufactured from obsidian of the Polvadera Peak chemical type in the Jemez Mountain region of north central New Mexico. Although Polvadera Peak is the primary source of the obsidian, the discovery of the channel flake within Late Paleoindian-aged deposits suggests the object was collected from a secondary exposure, in this case a Clovis or Folsom camp of unknown location.
Acknowledgements
We are grateful to the two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments and for the guidance of Ted Goebel, editor of PaleoAmerica.
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