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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

Santa Barbara

 

 

Quarries, Caravans, and Routes to Complexity:

Prehispanic Obsidian in the South-Central Andes

 

 

A Dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the

requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy

in Anthropology

 

by

 

Nicholas Tripcevich

 

Committee in charge:

Professor Mark Aldenderfer, Co-Chair

Professor Michael Jochim, Co-Chair

Professor Katharina Schreiber

Professor Keith Clarke

March 2007