| INTRODUCTION
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Welcome to our laboratory research project home page. Our apologies for the somewhat unfinished state of things here - this section of the lab website seems to be a perennial construction project. Eventually we'll have individual descriptions of all research projects and we'll make as much data available as possible in the form of Adobe Acrobat documents and downloadable datasets. For a sampling of our current projects, see below.
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| ARTIFACT, SITE, AND REGIONAL OBSIDIAN STUDIES
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Arizona: The Role of the Grand Canyon as a Prehistoric Barrier
California: Fine-Grained Volcanic Toolstone Procurement Patterns in the Lake Tahoe Region, California and Nevada
California: Channel Islands Obsidian Procurement
California: Little Lake Biface Cache
California: Trans-Sierran Procurement of Obsidian in Western California
Missouri: La Plant 1 Site Artifact
Nevada: Obsidian Procurement Patterns at Danger Cave (42-TO-13)
Oklahoma: Spiro Mound Blade
Oregon: Bone Cave (35-DS-1469) - Obsidian Studies
Oregon: China Hat Cache
Oregon: Coastal Obsidian Studies
Oregon: Devils Garden Project - Obsidian Studies and Volcanic Landforms
Oregon: Dietz Clovis Site (35-LK-1529) Obsidian Studies
Oregon: Fluted Point Project
Oregon: FTV Western Fiber Build Project Update
Oregon: Lava Top Butte Obsidian Studies
Oregon: Lost Dune Site Obsidian Studies
Oregon: Malheur Lake Site Artifact Provenence Studies
Oregon: Obsidian Biface Cache Investigations
Oregon: Obsidian Procurement Patterns along the Columbia River
Oregon: Obsidian Procurement Patterns along the Oregon Coast
Oregon: Obsidian Procurement Patterns at the Connley Caves, Fort Rock Basin
Oregon: Obsidian Procurement Patterns at Fort Rock Cave, Fort Rock Basin
Oregon: Obsidian Procurement Patterns at Paisley Fivemile Point Caves, Summer Lake
Oregon: Obsidian Procurement Patterns at the Wildcat Canyon Site (35-GM-9)
Oregon: Obsidian Procurement Patterns in the Harney-Malheur Basin
Oregon: Odell Lake Site Obsidian - Following in Cressman's Footsteps
Oregon: Orr Site Obsidian Studies, Western Cascades, Marion County
Oregon: Paul's Fire Cache
Oregon: PGT-PG&E Pipeline Expansion Project Obsidian Studies Update
Oregon: Trans-Cascade Procurement of Obsidian in Western Oregon
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| OBSIDIAN AND FINE-GRAINED VOLCANIC TOOLSTONE SOURCE STUDIES
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California: Lake Tahoe Region Fine-Grained Volcanic Toolstone Source Inventory
California: Medicine Lake Volcano Obsidian Source Studies
Nevada: Double H Mountains Obsidian Source Studies
Nevada: Nellis Air Force Base Area Obsidian Source Studies
Oregon: Dry Creek Drainage Obsidian Source Studies
Oregon: Fort Rock Basin Obsidian Source Studies
Oregon: Glass Buttes Obsidian Source Studies
Oregon: Inman Creek Obsidian Source
Oregon: Malheur National Forest Region Obsidian Source Studies (maps only at present; report due in 2009)
Oregon: Newberry Volcano Obsidian Sources
Oregon: Obsidian Cliffs Obsidian Source Studies
Oregon: Silver Lake/Sycan Marsh Obsidian Source Studies
Oregon: Tracking Down the Rattlesnake Formation Obsidian
Oregon: Western Oregon Obsidian Source Studies
Oregon: Willamette River Obsidian Source Survey
Philippines: Obsidian Source Studies (Luzon and Mindanao)
Western Mediterranean: Geochemical Survey of Obsidian Sources
Wyoming: Yellowstone National Park Obsidian Source Studies
U. S. and Canada Obsidian Source Catalog and geochemical obsidian source inventory for all western U.S. states and British Columbia.
World Obsidian Source Catalog (in conjunction with the IAOS)
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| OTHER RESEARCH PROJECTS
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Method: Direct Artifact Scanning: A Fast and Cost-Effective Alternative to Traditional Artifact Illustrations
Method: Effects of Labeling and Mounting Residues on Trace Element Provenance Studies
Method: Effects of X-Ray Beam Collimation on the EDXRF Analysis of Small Obsidian Artifacts
Method: Graphical Analysis of Quantitaive Provenance Data
Method: How Much Is Enough? The Effects of Sample Size on the Results of Obsidian Provenance Studies
Method: Natural Transport Processes and Obsidian Source Boundaries
Method: Nondestructive Geochemical Characterization of Artifact-Quality Fine-Grained Volcanic Toolstone
Method: Spatial Analysis of Provenance Data
Method: Variables Influencing the Spatial Distribution of Prehistoric Obsidian - Synchronic and Diachronic
Oregon: Archaeological Significance of Holocene Volcanic Activity in Oregon
Oregon: Ice Cave Inventory
Oregon: L.S. Cressman's Mystery Box
Oregon: Willamette National Forest Tephra Characterization Project - Google Maps
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