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dc.contributor.authorHedquist, Saul L.
dc.contributor.authorThibodeau, Alyson M.
dc.contributor.authorWelch, John R.
dc.contributor.authorKillick, David J.
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-30T20:58:07Z
dc.date.available2018-05-30T20:58:07Z
dc.date.issued2017-11
dc.identifier.citationHedquist, S. L., Thibodeau, A. M., Welch, J. R., & Killick, D. J. (2017). Canyon Creek revisited: New investigations of a late prehispanic turquoise mine, Arizona, USA. Journal of Archaeological Science, 87, 44-58.en_US
dc.identifier.issn03054403
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jas.2017.09.004
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/627843
dc.description.abstractTurquoise has been used in the American Southwest since "time immemorial," and remains an important material for contemporary indigenous groups of the region. Detailed studies of ancient turquoise mines are few, however, and inferences of turquoise procurement and provenance have been limited. Our intensive investigation of one mine, the Canyon Creek locale in Arizona, integrates archaeology and geochemistry to enhance understanding of the mine and its output. A detailed description of the mine's morphology and geologic setting lays foundations for interpreting an isotopic analysis of specimens from the mine's four localities. The analysis reveals extremely radiogenic Pb isotope ratios, which distinguish Canyon Creek turquoise from that of other known sources in the American Southwest. Its distinctive isotopic signature makes Canyon Creek turquoise readily identifiable in archaeological assemblages. The presence of turquoise from Canyon Creek at late prehispanic settlements in east-central Arizona helps clarify the mine's chronology of use and regional distribution. Our observations suggest the mine was larger than previously supposed, and that it provided an important source of turquoise for inhabitants of the region during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries AD. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundation [BCS 0852270, BCS 1440452]; University of Arizona (School of Anthropology)en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTDen_US
dc.relation.urlhttp://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0305440317301280en_US
dc.rights© 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
dc.subjectTurquoiseen_US
dc.subjectProvenanceen_US
dc.subjectAmerican Southwesten_US
dc.subjectIsotope geochemistryen_US
dc.titleCanyon Creek revisited: New investigations of a late prehispanic turquoise mine, Arizona, USAen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.departmentUniv Arizona, Sch Anthropolen_US
dc.identifier.journalJOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCEen_US
dc.description.note36 month embargo; published online: 29 September 2017en_US
dc.description.collectioninformationThis item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.en_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal accepted manuscripten_US
dc.source.journaltitleJournal of Archaeological Science
dc.source.volume87
dc.source.beginpage44
dc.source.endpage58


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