BAJA CALIFORNIA, SONORA, AND CHIHUAHUA
While Northwest Mexico is beginning to receive the archaeological attention it surely deserves, the understanding of lithic raw material sources still relies on early 20th-Century speculation (c.f. Fralick et al. 1998; Shackley in Hard and Roney 1999; Vierra 1999). Baja California is the exception to the rule here where the obsidian sources are well known and have been reported for decades (Banks 1971; Bouey 1984; de la Luz Gutiérrez, and Hyland 1995; Douglas 1981; Miranda et al. 1993; Shackley 1994; Shackley et al. 1996).
Geology of Northwest Mexico: A Brief Synopsis
BAJA CALIFORNIA
Valle del Azufre, Baja California Sur
SONORA
CHIHUAHUA
Lago Barreal, East-Central Chihuahua
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