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Source of volcanic glass for ancient Andean tools

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  1. Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin, 384 Science Hall, 550 North Park Street, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706-1491, USA

    Sarah Osgood Brooks

  2. Research Reactor Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, 65211, USA

    Michael D. Glascock

  3. Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago, 1126 East 59th Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60637, USA

    Martín Giesso

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Brooks, S., Glascock, M. & Giesso, M. Source of volcanic glass for ancient Andean tools. Nature 386, 449–450 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/386449a0

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