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dc.contributor.authorThibodeau, Alyson M.
dc.contributor.authorLópez Luján, Leonardo
dc.contributor.authorKillick, David J.
dc.contributor.authorBerdan, Frances F.
dc.contributor.authorRuiz, Joaquin
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-09T23:05:12Z
dc.date.available2019-01-09T23:05:12Z
dc.date.issued2018-06
dc.identifier.citationThibodeau, Alyson & López Luján, Leonardo & Killick, David & F. Berdan, Frances & Ruiz, Joaquin. (2018). Was Aztec and Mixtec turquoise mined in the American Southwest?. Science Advances. 4. eaas9370. 10.1126/sciadv.aas9370.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2375-2548
dc.identifier.pmid29928694
dc.identifier.doi10.1126/sciadv.aas9370
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/631453
dc.description.abstractArchaeologists have long suggested that prehispanic states in Mesoamerica acquired turquoise through long-distance exchange with groups living in what is now the American Southwest and adjacent parts of northern Mexico. To test this hypothesis, we use lead and strontium isotopic ratios to investigate the geologic provenance of 43 Mesoamerican turquoise artifacts, including 38 mosaic tiles from offerings within the Sacred Precinct of Tenochtitlan (the Mexica or Aztec capital) and 5 tiles associated with Mixteca-style mosaics currently held by the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. Most of these artifacts have isotopic signatures that differ from turquoise deposits in the American Southwest, but closely match copper deposits and crustal rocks in Mesoamerica. We thus conclude that turquoise used by the Aztecs and Mixtecs likely derives from Mesoamerican sources and was not acquired through long-distance exchange with the Southwest.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipFlorence C. and Robert H. Lister fellowshipen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCEen_US
dc.relation.urlhttp://advances.sciencemag.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aas9370en_US
dc.rightsCopyright © 2018 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC).en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.titleWas Aztec and Mixtec turquoise mined in the American Southwest?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.departmentUniv Arizona, Sch Anthropolen_US
dc.contributor.departmentUniv Arizona, Dept Geoscien_US
dc.identifier.journalSCIENCE ADVANCESen_US
dc.description.noteOpen access journal.en_US
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dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.source.journaltitleScience Advances
dc.source.volume4
dc.source.issue6
dc.source.beginpageeaas9370
refterms.dateFOA2019-01-09T23:05:13Z


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Copyright © 2018 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC).
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