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 source name for the geochemical source
OTHER NAMES: Alternate names or names of source outcrops belonging to same geochemical source group
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SOURCE NAME (CHEMICAL GROUP) OTHER NAME(S)
Batza Tena 1 Group A
Indian Mountain
Batza Tena 2 --
False Pass --
Mt. Edgecumbe --
Nanwaksjiak Crater --
Skolai Pass --
Suemez Island Group Z
Tanada Lake --
Teklanika --
Unmak Island Group I
Wrangell Group A
Wrangell Mountains

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Last Updated: 02/25/2008