Cores in the Periphery: obsidian and Sociopolitical Hierarchy in the Naco Valley, Northwest Honduras
Format
Thesis
Date Collected
1997
Region
Naco Valley
Operation
multiple
Suboperation
multiple
Lot
multiple
Project Number
23
Structure
multiple
Thesis
1997
Naco Valley
multiple
multiple
multiple
23
multiple
Comments
Ross' MA Thesis addresses the question of the role of obsidian blade production in the Late Classic political economy of the Naco valley. Please note that it was after Neil wrote this thesis that we more firmly made the division between the valley's Late and Terminal Classic time periods. Owing solely to our error in not recognizing this distinction earlier, some of the Late and Terminal contexts that Neil studied were combined. This does not detract from the significant, detailed findings in Neil's thesis; drawing on the data presented here and in his lithic analysis sheets that appear in the Analysis Sheets section of the archive, the reader can get a good sense of where and when obsidian tools were being made and who might have controlled these processes.