Sentences with phrase «obsidian artifacts»

The Yautepec excavations encountered quite dense concentrations of artifacts, and in six months of fieldwork, we recovered 1.2 million potsherds and nearly 50,000 obsidian artifacts, mainly blades and other tools.

The project maintains a database of millions of ceramic and obsidian artifacts, compiled by Mills and collaborators at Archaeology Southwest.

Not exact matches

Editors» note: This story was updated on March 21, 2018, to correct the percentage of stone artifacts made from obsidian at one Olorgesailie site.

Among the most notable artifacts unearthed was a lavish, black - and - white chalice, its cup made of obsidian and its base of white marble, the two held together with bitumen.

At one Olorgesailie site in particular, 42 percent of more than 3,400 stone artifacts were obsidian.

In the cave's large central chamber, a quarter - mile from the entrance, they encountered a stunning profusion of artifacts: ceramic pots, grinding stones, bits of obsidian.

Furthermore, about 46,000 obsidian flakes were recovered from a Middle Stone Age site, indicating that obsidian was brought in as raw material and manipulated onsite, rather than imported as finished artifacts.

Along the way, you'll marvel at all the Maya artifacts, including pottery, beads, and obsidian knives — even human skeletons that have been calcified in the limestone floor dating back 2,000 years.

Spend an afternoon exploring precious alabaster, obsidian and jade burial masks, weapons and artifacts collected by the National Institute of Anthropology and History.

Polychrome pottery from the mainland and trade goods from the north and south were recovered as well as artifacts of obsidian, basalt, slate and green - stones such as jade.

While we have not excavated at these sites, surface collections yielded sherds of high quality, imported pottery and artifacts such as basalt grinding stones and obsidian blades from remote areas.

Especially exciting among the artifacts at San Juan was the very high percentage of green obsidian recovered.

Over the years, the murky water has yielded many artifacts including gold, jade, copper, turquoise, obsidian, copal or incense, pottery, rubber, shells and the bones of around 200 people who were thrown in as a sacrifice.

Your underground expedition takes you off the beaten path to explore ancient Mayan ceremonial centers, pottery, artifacts, altars, obsidian blood letting blades, jade and the actual footprints of the Shaman and priests that date back to 400 A.D.

Combine cave tubing and cave exploration to explore this incredible river cave system where ancient Maya Ceremonial centers, pottery, artifacts, altars, obsidian blood letting blades, jade and the actual footprints of the shaman and priests dated to 400 A.D. are still seen.