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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.

Pathways to Prismatic Blades

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    A Paperback / softback by Bradford Andrews, Kenneth Hirth


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      Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
      Publication Date: 01/12/2002
      ISBN13: 9780917956997, 978-0917956997
      ISBN10: 0917956990
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      Book Synopsis
      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.

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