New Mexico Obsidian Sources (from Sources of Archaeological Obsidian in the Greater American Southwest: An Update and Quantitative Analysis, by M. Steven Shackley. American Antiquity, 60(3):531-555, 1995) New Mexico 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 Click on active SOURCE NAME links below for additional available information Click HERE for New Mexico obsidian reference list SOURCE NAME (CHEMICAL GROUP) OTHER NAME(S) Antelope Wells El Berrendo Banco Bonito, Valles Caldera -- Bearhead Peak -- Bear Springs Peak Bear Springs Peak Borrego Canyon Canovas Canyon Canada de Cochiti Bland Canyon -- Cerro del Medio, Valles Caldera Cerro Abrigo Cerro Rubio Cerros de los Posos Cerro Pavo -- Gwynn and Ewe Canyons -- Grants Ridge, Mt. Taylor Volcanic Field Mt. Taylor Horace Mesa, Mt. Taylor Volcanic Field Mt. Taylor Mule Creek Antelope Creek Mule Creek/North Sawmill Group Mule Mountains Blue/San Francisco River Alluvium See Arizona Sources No Agua Peaks (North Hill) Johns Manville Mine No Agua Dome No Agua North No Agua Peaks (West Hill) Grefco Mine No Agua Dome No Agua West Obsidian Ridge, Jemez Mountains [Northwest Research] Obsidian Ridge, Jemez Mountains [Berkeley XRF Lab] Alamo Canyon Cerro Toledo Rhyolite Chapulin Canyon Cochiti Canyon Paso del Norte Rabbit Mountain Paliza Canyon Borrego Canyon Polvadera Peak, Jemez Mountains El Rechuelos Red Hill See Arizona Sources

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