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Was Aztec and Mixtec turquoise mined in the American Southwest?

Archaeologists have long suggested that prehispanic states in Mesoamerica acquired turquoise through long-distance exchange with groups living in what is now the American Southwest and adjacent parts of northern Mexico. To test this hypothesis, we use lead and strontium isotopic ratios to investigat...

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Autores principales: Thibodeau, Alyson M., López Luján, Leonardo, Killick, David J., Berdan, Frances F., Ruiz, Joaquin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6007158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29928694
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aas9370