The energy-dispersive (EDXRF) x-ray fluorescence laboratory provides access to analyses of archaeological and source standard obsidian and other volcanic rocks on a per-sample basis under the direction of Steven Shackley, who has worked on various archaeological projects worldwide, particularly in the greater North American Southwest for over 30 years. This laboratory is the daughter lab of work by Shackley for the last 30 years. I would like to stress that the research is focused on analyses of archaeological obsidian from the greater American Southwest including southern California, Baja California, Arizona, New Mexico, Sonora and Chihuahua. I feel strongly, that while other labs can provide adequate instrumental analyses from archaeological material in this region, my lab can provide more reliable provenance assignments and archeological interpretation given our direct experience with the sources and archaeology in the field. I am frequently in the field locating, mapping, and documenting newly discovered sources of archeological obsidian and dacite.
Geoarchaeological XRF Laboratory
8100 Wyoming Blvd. NE, Suite M4-158
Albuquerque, NM 87113-1946
