| INTRODUCTION
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| TRACE ELEMENT INVESTIGATIONS OF LOCAL OBSIDIAN SOURCES
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The view southeast from the Paisley Caves towards Paisley and Tucker Hill. The Tucker Hill obsidian source is loacted in the far middle distance.
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| TRACE ELEMENT INVESTIGATIONS OF OBSIDIAN ARTIFACTS
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The view to the southeast from one of the Paisley Caves.
| Summary of results of XRF trace element analysis. |
| Geologic Source |
N = |
Percentage |
| Alturas Airport Unknown |
1 |
0.6 |
| Bald Butte |
2 |
1.3 |
| Beatys Butte |
1 |
0.6 |
| China Lake |
1 |
0.6 |
| Coglan Buttes |
12 |
10.8 |
| Cougar Mountain |
2 |
1.3 |
| Cowhead Lake |
2 |
1.3 |
| Drews Creek/Butcher Flat |
4 |
2.5 |
| Glass Buttes 1 |
1 |
0.6 |
| Glass Buttes 3 |
5 |
3.2 |
| Horse Mountain |
9 |
5.7 |
| McComb Butte |
10 |
6.3 |
| Newberry Volcano? |
1 |
0.6 |
| Quartz Mountain |
2 |
1.3 |
| Silver Lake/Sycan Marsh |
12 |
7.6 |
| Spodue Mountain |
2 |
1.3 |
| Tank Creek |
1 |
0.6 |
| Tough Butte |
1 |
0.6 |
| Tucker Hill |
75 |
47.5 |
| Tule Spring? |
1 |
0.6 |
| Unknown 1 |
2 |
1.3 |
| Unknown Rhyolite |
1 |
0.6 |
| Variety 5 |
4 |
2.5 |
| Venator |
1 |
0.6 |
| Total |
158 |
99.9 |
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| CONCLUSIONS
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| REFERENCES
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Allison, Ira S. 1982. Geology of Pluvial Lake Chewaucan. Oregon State University Press Publication No. 11, Corvallis, Oregon.
Cressman, Luther S. 1942. Archaeological Researches in the Northern Great Basin. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication 538, Washington, D. C.
Cressman, Luther S., Howel Williams, and Alex D. Krieger. 1940. Early Man in Oregon. University of Oregon Monograph, Studies in Anthropology No. 3, Eugene, Oregon.
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