Lithic raw material procurement and the technological organization of the Olympic Peninsula peoples
Kwarsick KC. 2010. Lithic raw material procurement and the technological organization of the Olympic Peninsula peoples
Thesis on the prehistoric use of dacite by Olympic Peninsula peoples. From the Abstract: "While the Olympic Peninsula's littoral zone has a long rich history of archaeological research, it wasn't until the 1980s that survey expanded into the mountainous interior. Today, over 75% of all recorded sites lie deep in the Olympic Peninsula's interior, yet exceptionally little is known about their role in prehistory. As archaeologists move out of the identifcation phase, what has become abundantly clear is the overwhelming dominance of a single lithic raw material type, dacite, which has been argued to be an exotic raw material transported by human agents. This thesis will present a combination of evidence derived from x-ray florescence (XRF) as well as lithing technological organization to show that the prehistoric peoples of the Olympic Peninsula procured dacite from a local secondary source."
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Kwarsick, Kimberly
- Date of Issue
- 2010-05
- Units
- OLYM
- Keywords
- Archeology, Dacite, lithics, Stone tools, thesis, x-ray florescence