| Autor: |
JOHNSON, LUCAS R. M., BYRD, BRIAN E. |
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Journal of California & Great Basin Anthropology; 2024, Vol. 44 Issue 1, p29-49, 21p |
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A distinctive aspect of Native American interaction in west-central California during the 700 years prior to Spanish invasion and colonization involved elaborate and nuanced social, political, and religious mechanisms to mediate interaction within and between well-defined territorial communities. A recent high-energy X-ray fluorescence (XRF) study on ground stone raw material sourcing in the San Francisco Bay area demonstrated that trade and exchange of large ceremonial mortars were an important part of these regional interaction and exchange networks. This paper employs nondestructive geochemical analysis using high-energy XRF to identify source locations of ground stone artifacts from several additional archaeological sites and integrates these results with the prior XRF sourcing investigation. These combined results provide a larger spatial and social context and refine insight into the raw materials used for ground stone artifacts, particularly large ceremonial mortars. The results also enhance our understanding of the key role trade and exchange played in strengthening the complex regional social interactions of the Bay Area's Indigenous inhabitants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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