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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: A Study in Mesoamerican Obsidian Core-Blade Technology

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

    Number of Pages: 150

    Non Fiction , History

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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.

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