U. S. OBSIDIAN SOURCE CATALOG

A pair of obsidian bifaces from a Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge site in west-central Alaska
Trace element studies of the artifacts indicated that they originated from the Batza Tena
source that is located 80 miles to the east of the site.

Alaska Obsidian Sources

SOURCE NAME: Most commonly-used name for the geochemical source
OTHER NAMES: Alternate names or names of source outcrops belonging to same geochemical source group
Click on the PDF link for an Adobe Acrobat document with additional source information.

ALASKA SOURCE MAP | U.S. SOURCE MAPS INDEX

SOURCE NAME (CHEMICAL GROUP) OTHER NAME(S) PDF
Batza Tena 1 Group A
Indian Mountain
PDF
Batza Tena 2 --
PDF
False Pass --
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Mt. Edgecumbe --
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Nanwaksjiak Crater --
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Skolai Pass --
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Suemez Island Cape Felix
Group Z
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Tanada Lake --
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Teklanika --
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Unmak Island Group I
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Wrangell Group A
Wrangell Mountains
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Last Updated: 08/01/2021