| NAME
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FISH SPRINGS
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| LOCATION
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Inyo County,
southeastern California.
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CHEMICAL
SOURCE(S)
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Fish Springs.
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| DESCRIPTION
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This obsidian and perlite deposit is located in the central Owens Valley about 11 km south of Big Pine. Glass suitable for tool production occurs over a rather limited area. Obsidian from the source is megascopically distinctive and has been the subject of controlled visual characterization investigations concerning the identification of territorial boundaries in the Owens Valley. Prehistoric use of Fish Springs glass appears to generally be restricted to the local region surrounding the source. Characterized artifacts have been identified primarily from archaeological sites in Inyo County and the area immediately to the west in Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks. A few Fish Springs artifacts have also been identified at sites along the south-central California coast.
Obsidian Hydration: A "working" linear hydration rate has been proposed by Bettinger (1980, 1989).
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| REFERENCES
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Bettinger 1982, 1989b
Ericson 1981
Ericson et al. 1976
Hughes and Bettinger 1984
Roper Wickstrom 1992, 1993
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| CREDITS
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