Pathways to Prismatic Blades - A Study in Mesoamerican Obsidian Core-blade Technology

Summary

This volume explores the social and economic processes involved in the manufacture of obsidian prismatic blades, one of the sharpest cutting instruments ever produced in the prehistoric world. Focusing on ancient Mesoamerica, contributors examine the variation in the way the blades were manufactured and the causes behind their variation.

Product details

• Assisted by: Bradford Andrews (Editor), Kenneth Hirth (Editor), Kenneth G. Hirth (Editor)
• Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9780917956997
• ISBN: 978-0-917956-99-7
• No. of pages: 150
• Weight: 435 g
• Series: Monographs; Cotsen Monograph S.; Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity