INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR OBSIDIAN STUDIES

Welcome to the IAOS PDF Library

Welcome to the IAOS online library, a growing collection of obsidian-related Master's theses and Ph.D. dissertations, all in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. The documents below may be viewed online with a web browser or can be downloaded and perused or printed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. The documents available here are fully searchable from within Adobe Acrobat Reader.

What happened to the original PDF library?: Since I first began compiling the IAOS PDF Library, several significant online research sources (see below) have fluorished and they can do a lot better job at staying on top of the many obsidian-related journal articles than I can. Many of the articles previously posted here were becoming increasingly redundant because of those online sources. And although I'm a big fan of open-access publications and am not fond of paywall access, I also didn't want to step on any journal publisher's toes and this seemed like a good solution to that potential issue.

Note to authors of documents posted here: I've made the implicit assumption that if a Master's or Bachelor's thesis or Ph.D. dissertation is posted online without restriction it is publicly available for distribution. If you are the author or publisher of a document posted here and would like us to remove it, please contact the webmaster and it will be promptly dealt with.

Note to contributors: If you have a thesis or dissertation that you'd like add to this list, simply send an email to obsidianlab@gmail.com, write "IAOS LIBRARY" in the subject line of the email, and attach the PDF's that you'd like to add to the library. We'll make sure the item is promptly posted here. And if you have a PDF of a thesis or dissertation that's in better shape than several of the ones listed below, we'd sincerely appreciate a replacement copy.

Acknowledgements: My thanks to Nikolaos Laskaris for initially spurring me to begin assembling this collection and special thanks goes to Chris Lloyd for sharing his extensive personal PDF collection of obsidian-related documents. Nicholas Tripcevich adapted Chris' literature spreadsheet for Zotero.

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AGUILAR, DANNY S. (2014)    PDF
Obsidian Exchange in Prehistoric Baja California: An Initial Look at Regional Exchange Networks in the Peninsula. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Northridge, California.

AHMAD, RIZWAN (2014)    PDF
On the Move: Understanding the Nature of Exchange and the Organisation of Transport at the Site of Tell Sabi Abyad (Syria). Unpublished Master's Thesis, Faculty of Archaeology, University of Leiden, The Netherlands.

ALDERN, JARED D. (2010)    PDF
Native Sustainment: The North Fork Mono Tribe's Stories, History, and Teaching of Its Land and Water Tenure in 1918 and 2009. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Education, Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona.

ALMUTAIRI, MAJED (2007)    PDF
The Archaeology of Kuwait. Unpublished Ph.D. Disseration, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales.

AMBROZ, JESSICA (1997)    PDF
Characterization of Archaeologically Significant Obsidian Sources in Oregon by Neutron Activation Analysis. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.

ANTTONEN, GARY J. (1972)    PDF
Trace Elements in High Cascade Volcanic Rocks, Three Sisters Area, Oregon. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Geology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.

ARMITAGE, CHARLES LAWRENCE (1995)    PDF
An Archaeological Analysis of Central Oregon Upland Prehistory. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.

ARNOLD, LARRY D. (1969)    PDF
Theoretical and Applied Obsidian Hydration Dating: Determining Rates from Environmental Temperatures, and the Hydration Analysis of 4-SAC-29 Obsidian Artifacts. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Sacramento State College, Sacramento, California.

ASHWELL, PAUL A. (2013)    PDF
Controls on Rhyolite Lava Dome Eruptions in the Taupo Volcanic Zone. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

ATHERTON, JOHN H. (1966)    PDF
Prehistoric Manufacturing Sites at North American Stone Quarries. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.

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BAILEY, JEFF (1992)    PDF
X-Ray Fluorescence Characterization of Volcanic Glass Artifacts from Wilson Butte Cave, Idaho. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Edmonton, Alberta.

BARK, RICHARD G. (2017)    PDF
Investigation Into the Suspected Late Holocene Decline in Obsidian Use at Sites on Edwards Air Force Base. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho.

BAUSCH, ILONA (2003)    PDF
Jade, Amber, Obsidian and Serpentinite: the Social Context of Exotic Stone Exchange Networks in Central Japan During the Late Middle Jômon Period. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Durham, England.

BAXTER, PAUL W. (1986)    PDF
Archaic Upland Adaptations in the Central Oregon Cascades. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon: Eugene, Oregon.

BEFUS, KENNETH S. (2014)    PDF
Storage, Ascent, and Emplacement of Rhyolite Lavas. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas.

BENNETT, ANN C. (1989)    PDF
Whale Cove (35LNC60): An Archaeological Investigation on the Central Oregon Coast. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Interdisciplinary Studies, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

BEYER, ROBERT L. (1973)    PDF
Magma Differentiation at Newberry Crater in Central Oregon. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Geology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.

BIELING, DAVID G. (1992)    PDF
Perspectives on Behavior Gained from Lithic Analysis and Archaeological Investigations near Bridgeport, Mono County, California. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Cultural Resource Management, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Calirognia.

BLACK, MARIELLE LORYN PEDRO (2014)    PDF
Using X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry to Assess Variance in Obsidian Source Distribution in Southern Idaho. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho.

BOHN, ALLISON D. (2007)    PDF
Scattered Glass: Obsidian Artifact Provenance Patterns in Northwestern Wyoming. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

BOLLONG, CHARLES A. (1983)    PDF
Automated Isoprobe Analysis of New Zealand and Oceanic Volcanic Glasses. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Otaga, Dunedin, New Zealand.

BORRERO, MARIO R. (2014)    PDF
Domestic Obsidian Production and Consumption at the Middle Preclassic Site of La Blanca, San Marcos, Guatemala. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Northridge, Los Angeles, California.

BOSCHMANN, DARRICK E. (2013)    PDF  MAP
Structural and Volcanic Evolution of the Glass Buttes Area, High Lava Plains, Oregon. Unpublished Master's Degree, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

BOWMAN, KATHLEEN K. (1987)    PDF
An Analytical Study of Obsidian from the Middle Rio Puerco Valley, New Mexico. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

BRADY, RYAN T. (2007)    PDF
Prehistoric Wetland Use in the Mono Lake Basin, Eastern California. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Sacramento, California.

BRANCH, SARAH E. (2014)    PDF
A Stone's Throw from the Source: An Examination of Fine-Grained Volcanic Toolstone Use in the Pah Rah Range, Western Nevada. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada.

BRITO, CHRISTOPHER (2021)    PDF
XRF of Obsidian: Analysis of the Vester Collection. Unpublished Master's Thesis, California State University, San Bernardino, California.

BROSOWSKE, SCOTT D. (2005)    PDF
The Evolution of Exchange in Small-Scale Societis of the Southern High Plains. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.

BROWN GARY M. (1982)    PDF
Lithic Exchange and Production on Anderson Mesa, North Central Arizona. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

BRUIJN, NATASJA DE (2006)    PDF
Lithic Landscapes and Taskscapes: Obsidian Procurement, Production and Use in West Central Sardinia, Italy. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Archaeology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland.

BUENGER, BRENT A. (2003)    PDF
The Impact of Wildland and Prescribed Fire on Archaeological Resources. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.

BURNS, GEORFGE R. (1981)    PDF
Obsidian Hydration Analysis on Artifacts from the Rio Grande National Forest.. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

BUSH, MARK M. (1986)    PDF
Geology of Round Mountain: A Bimodal Volcanic Field in Northwest Arizona. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Geology, State University of New York: Buffalo, New York.

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CADENA, GUADALUPE P. (2012)    PDF
Hunter-Gatherers, Mobility, and Obsidian Procurement: A View from the Malheur Headwaters, Northeast Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.

CAREY, PETER A. (2013)    PDF
A Diachronic Study of Land-Use in the Bodie Hills, Mono County, California. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada.

CARR, SEAN P. (2015)    PDF
Geochemical Characterization of Obsidian Subsources in Highland Guatemala. Unpublished Master's Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania.

CARTER, TRISTAN (1998)    PDF
'Through a Glass Darkly': Obsidian and Society in the Southern Aegean Early Bronze Age. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, London University.

CASSIDY, JULIE K. (1992)    PDF
Explaining Lithic Assemblage Differences in the Medicine Lake Highlands, Siskiyou County, California. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Chico, California.

CASTRO, JONATHAN M. (1999)    PDF
Textural and Structural Development of Obsidian Lavas. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.

CHAPMAN, JUDITH A. SANDERS (1984)    PDF
Willamette Mission Archaeological Project: Phase III Assessment. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Interdisciplinary Studies, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

CHARTZOULAKI, NIKI (2013)    PDF
The Distribution Of Obsidian In The Eastern Mediterranean As Indication Of Early Seafaring Practices In The Area. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Maritime Archaeology Programme, University of Southern Denmark.

CHASSE, MATHIEU (2013)    PDF
Contrasted Speciation of Iron in Obsidians and Tektites: a Spectroscopic Study. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Institute of Mineralogy, Physics of Materials and Cosmo-Chemistry, Paris, France.

CHAYA, HENRY J. (1982)    PDF
A Study in Methodology of Obsidian Characterization. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, State University of New York, Albany, New York.

CHEEK, CHARLES D. (1971)    PDF
Excavations at the Palangana, Kaminaljuyu Guatemala, Guatemala. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.

CHIGDEY, R. Y. (1981)    PDF
Neutron Activation of New Zealand Obsidian. Unpublished Master's Thesis, University of Bradford, Bradford, England.

CLARK, HEATHER A. (2012)    PDF
Evolution of Volatile Content of Parent Magma of the 1875 Eruption of Askja Volcano, Iceland. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amhert, Massachusetts.

CLARK, JAMES J. (1983)    PDF
Geology and Petrology of South Sister Volcano, High Cascade Range, Oregon. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Geology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.

COLE, CLINT R. (2001)    PDF
Raw Material Sources and the Prehistoric Chipped-Stone Assemblage of the Birch Creek Site (35ML181), Southeastern Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.

CONOLLY, JAMES (1997)    PDF
The Çatalhôyük Obsidian Industry: A Study of Technology, Typology, and Context. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, University of London, London, England.

CORN, TYRONE L. (2006)    PDF
Timber Butte Obsidian Source Survey: Geology, Prehistory, Chemical Sourcing, and Debitage Analysis. Unpublished Master's Yhesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.

CRAIG, CAROLN (1983)    PDF
Lithic Source Analysis and Interpretation in Northeastern Wyoming and Southeastern Montana. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

CRUZ, MATTHEW (2017)    PDF
Field Mapping Investigation and Geochemical Analysis of Volcanic Units Within the Dinner Creek Tuff Eruptive Center, Malheur County, Eastern Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Geology, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.

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DAVENPORT, RONALD E. (1970)    PDF  MAP 
Geology of the Rattlesnake and Older Ignimbrites in the Paulina Basin and Adjacent Area, Central Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Geology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

DEMCAK, CAROL R. (1981)    PDF
Fused Shale as Time Marker in Southern California: Review and Hypothesis. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Long Beach, California.

DICKENS, ARIEL K. (2007)    PDF
Obsidian Hydration and Its Consequences for the Ar-Ar Dating Method. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico.

DILLIAN, CAROLYN D. (2002)    PDF
More Than Toolstone: Differential Utilization of Glass Mountain Obsidian. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, California.

DOBSON, PATRICIA F. (1984)    PDF
Volcanic Stratigraphy and Geochemistry of the Los Azufres Geothermal Center, Mexico. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Geology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.

DOERING, TRAVIS F. (2002)    PDF
Obsidian Artifacts from San Andres, La Venta, Tabasco, Mexico. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.

DOLAN, SEAN G. (2016)    PDF
Black Rocks in the Borderlands: Obsidian Procurement in Southwestern New Mexico and Northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico, A.D. 1000 to 1450. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.

DOMINICI, DEBRA A. (1984)    PDF
Calibration of the Obsidian Butte Hydration Rate and Its Implications Regarding Late Prehistoric Exchange. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California.

DRAUCKER, ANNE C. (2007)    PDF
Geochemical Characterization of Obsidian Subsources from the Coso Range, California Using Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry as a Tool for Archaeological Investigations. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Geology, University of California, Bakersfield, California.

DUKE, DARON (2011)    PDF
If the Desert Blooms: A Technological Perspective on Paleoindian Ecology in the Great Basin from the Old River Bed, Utah. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada.

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EGGER, ANNE E. (2010)    PDF
Geological History and Structural Evolution of the Warner Range and Surprise Valley, Northwestern Margin of the Basin and Range Province. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.

ELLIOT, EVAN B. (2011)    PDF
Trails, Tribelets, and Territories: The Ethnographic, Prehistoric, Archaeological, and Management Contexts of the Indian Valley/Walker Ridge Recreation Area. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Cultural Resources Management Program, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California.

ESTES, MARK B. (2009)    PDF
Paleoindian Occupations in the Great Basin: A Comparative Study of Lithic Technological Organization, Mobility, and Landscape Use from Jakes Valley, Nevada. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada.

EVANS, CHARLES E. (2012)    PDF
The Saint Charles River Project: An Exploration of Prehistoric Trade, Exchange, and Apishara Architectural Patterning in Southeastern Colorado. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

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FELLING, DANIELLE C. (2015)    PDF
Paleoindian Settlement Strategies Across Time and Space in the Northwestern Great Basin: Lithic Technological Organization at Last Supper Cave, Nevada. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada.

FERGUSON, JEFFREY R. (1999)    PDF
Bone Cave: A Special-Use Site in the High Lava Plains. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Interdisciplinary Studies, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

FERK, ANNIKA (2012)    PDF
Volcanic Glass - An Ideal Paleomagnetic Recording Material? Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Geosciences, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.

FERRIZ-DOMINGUEZ, HORACIO G. (1984)    PDF
Los Humeros Volcanic Center, Puebla, Mexico: Geology, Petrology, Geothermal System, and Geo-Archaeology. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Applied Earth Sciences, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.

FERTELMES, CRAIG M . (2014)    PDF
Vesicular Basalt Provisioning Practices Among the Prehistoric Hohokam of the Salt-Gila Basin, Southern Arizona. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.

FERTIG, SUTHERLAND X. (2018)    PDF
Obsidian Sourcing Analysis from Chiquiuitan, Guatemala. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

FIELD, LORRAINE (2011)    PDF
The Magmatic Evolution of Dabbahu Volcano and the 2010 eruption of Erta Ale, Afar, Ethiopia. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Bristol, Bristol, England.

FLAVIN, KASEY M. (2015)    PDF
Mobility and Lithic Reduction Strategies During the Archaic and Basketmaker Periods in Northwestern New Mexicoo. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, New Mexico.

FOWLER, BENJAMIN L. (2014)    PDF
Obsidian Toolstone Conveyance: Southern Idaho Forager Mobility. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.

FRAHM, ELLERY E. (2010)    PDF
The Bronze-Age Obsidian Industry at Tell Mozan (Ancient Urkesh), Syria: Redeveloping Electron Microprobe Analysis for 21st-Century Sourcing Research and the Implications for Obsidian Use and Exchange in Northern Mesopotamia After the Neolithic. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

FREDERICKSEN, CLAYTON (1994)    PDF
Patterns in Glass: Obsidian and Economic Specialisation in the Admiralty Islands. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

FREUND, KYLE (2010)    PDF
Lithic Technology and Obsidian Exchange Networks in Bronze Age Sardinia, Italy (ca. 1600–850 B.C.). Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

FREUND, KYLE (2014)    PDF
A Multi-Scalar Anaysis of the Politics of Obsidian Consumption in the West Mediterranean (ca. 6th - 2nd Millenia B. C.). Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

FRIERSON, ANDREW G. (2018)    PDF
Occupational History and Land Use at Rock Creek Shelter (35LK22), Southeastern Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washingon.

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GALM, JERRY R. (1975)    PDF
Neutron Activation Analysis and the Obsidian Trade in Lower Snake River Region Prehistory. Unpublished Master's Paper, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.

GIAMBASTIANI, MARK A. (2004)    PDF
Prehistoric Obsidian Use on the Volcanic Tableland and Its Implications for Settlement Patterns and Technological Change in the Western Great Basin. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, California.

GODFREY-SMITH, DOROTHY I. (1985)    PDF
X-Ray Fluorescence Characterization of the Obsidian Flows From the Mount Edziza Volcanic Complex of British Columbia, Canada. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

GOLD, ALAN P. (2005)    PDF
Linguistic Archaeology: Prehistoric Population Movements and Cultural Identity in the Southwest Great Basin and Far Southern Sierra Nevada. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Davis, California.

GRAF, KELLY E. (2001)    PDF
Paleoindian Technological Provisioning in the Western Great Basin. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology and Ethnic Studies, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada.

GREEN, MARGERIE (1982)    PDF
Chipped Stone Raw Materials and the Study of Interaction. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.

GUNGORDU, FEVZI V. (2010)    PDF
Obsidian, Trade and Society in the Central Anatolian Neolithic. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Archaeology and History of Art, Ankara, Turkey.

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HAILU, KIDIST (2016)    PDF
Groundwater Dynamics in Tributary Streams of Muger and Holota River Catchments. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

HALL, MATTHEW C. (1983)    PDF
Late Holocene Hunter-Gatherers and Volcanism in the Long Valley-Mono Basin Region: Prehistoric Culture Change in the Eastern Sierra Nevada. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Riverside, California.

HAMILTON, MARCUS J. (2008)    PDF
Quantifying Clovis Dynamics: Confronting Theory with Models and Data Across Scales. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

HAMUSEK-MCGANN, BLOSSOM (1993)    PDF
What X Equals: The Archaeological and Geological Distribution of "Source X" Tuscan Obsidian in Northern California. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Chico, California.

HARRO, DOUGLAS R. (1997)    PDF
Patterns of Lithic Raw Material Procurement on the Pajarito Plateau, New Mexico. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, Seattle, Washington.

HARVEY, DAVID C. (2012)    PDF
A Cost Surface Analysis of Obsidian Use in the Wyoming Basin, USA. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee.

HATCH, JOHN B. (1998)    PDF
Archaeological Investigation and Technological Analysis of the Quartz Mountain Obsidian Quarry, Central Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Interdisciplinary Studies, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

HAVERCROFT, FRANCINE M. (1989)    PDF
Subsistence Variability in the Willamette Valley. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Interdisciplinary Studies, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

HEIKEN, GRANT H. (1972)    PDF
Tuff Rings of the Fort Rock - Christmas Lake Valley Basin, South-Central Oregon. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Santa Barbara, California.

HELZER, MARGARET M. (1994)    PDF
Archaeological Investigations in the Pleasant Hill Valley, Oregon. Unpublished Master's Paper, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.

HELZER, MARGARET M. (2001)    PDF
Paleoethnobotany and Household Archaeology at the Bergen Site: A Middle Holocene Occupation in the Fort Rock Basin, Oregon. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.

HERDIANITA, NINIEK R. (2012)    PDF
The Evolution of the Darajat Geothermal System, West Java - Indonesia. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Applied Geology, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

HIGGINS, MICHAEL W. (1968)    PDF
Geology of Newberry Crater, Central Oregon. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Santa Barbara, California.

HIGGINS, RICHARD E. (2016)    PDF
Pre-Classic Hohokam Obsidian in the Tucson Basin: Examing Patterns in Procurement and Use. Unpublished Master's Thesis, School of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.

HILL, BRITTAIN E. (1984)    PDF
Petrology of the Bend Pumice and Tumalo Tuff, A Pleistocene Cascade Eruption Involving Magma Mixing. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Geology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

HILL, BRITTAIN E. (1992)    PDF
Petrogenesis of Compositionally Distinct Silicic Volcanoes in the Three Sisters Region of the Oregon Cascade Range: The Effects of Crustal Extension on the Development of Continental Arc Silicic Magmatism. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

HUGHES, SCOTT S. (1983)    PDF
Petrochemical Evolution of High Cascade Volcanic Rocks in the Three Sisters Region, Oregon. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

HUNT, DAVID B. (2022)    PDF
Using Landscape Learning to Explore Diachronic Change: A Quantitative Model and Western Stemmed Tradition Case Study. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

HURTADO DE MENDOZA (1977)    PDF
Obsidian Studies and the Archaeology of the Valley of Guatemala. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University: University Park, Pennsylvania.

HUSIEN, MOHAMMED S. (2010)    PDF
Fracture Behavior and Mechanical Characterization of Obsidian: Naturally Occurring Glass. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma.

HUTCHINSON, MURL W. (1941)    PDF
The Geology of the Butte Falls Quadrangle, Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Oklahoma State University.Washington.

HYLTON, LINDON B. (1999)    PDF
Peavy Arboretum: An Archaeological and Historical Investigation of a Willamette Valley Landscape. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Interdisciplinary Studies, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

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JAMES, BRIAN (2016)    PDF
Assessing Pre-Newberry Occupation Based on Morphological Variation and Temporal-Spatial Distribution of Dart Points in the Inyo-Mono Region, California. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Sacramento, California.

JOHNSON, KELSEY PAIGE (2017)    PDF
Ancient Maya Obsidian Trade: Arvin's Landing and Foster Farm, Belize. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

JOHNSON, JENDA (1995)    PDF
Geologic Evolution of the Duck Creek Butte Eruptive Center, High Lava Plains, Southeastern Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Geology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

JOHNSON, PHILLIP R. (2005)    PDF
Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) Characterization of Pre-Contact Basalt Quarries on the American Samoan Island of Tutuila. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

JONES, MARTIN (2002)    PDF
A Brief Prehistory of Time. Unpublished Ph.D, Dissertation, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

JOSLIN TERRY L. (2010)    PDF
Middle and Late Holocene Hunter-Gatherer Adaptations to Coastal Ecosystems Along the Southern San Simeon Reef, California. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California.

JOVANOVIC, JELENA D. (2017)    PDF
The Diet and Hea;th Status of the Early Neolithic Communities of the Central Balkans (6200-5200 BC). Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.

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KAPLAN, JESSICA (2018)    PDF
Obsidian Networks and Imperial Processes: Sourcing Obsidian from the Capital of the Wari Empire, Peru (AD 600 – 1000).. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California.

KASSA, SONJA C. (2014)    PDF
The Archaeology of Obsidian Occurrence in Stone Tool Manufacture and Use Along the Mid-Columbia River, Washington. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Resource Management, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington.

KEENE, JOSHUA L. (2017)    PDF
Geoarchaeology, Paleoecology, and Holocene Subsistence Change on the Upper Snake River Plain, Idaho. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

KELLEHER, PATRICK C. (1986)    PDF
The Mono Craters-Mono Islands Volcanic Complex, Eastern California: Evidence for Several Magma Types, Magma Mixing, and a Heterogenous Source Region. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Cruz, California.

KELLETT, MICHAEL S. (2020)    PDF
Prehistoric Obsidian Procurement and Exchange in West-Central Arizona. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.

KELLY, CARA M. (2002)    PDF
Prehistoric Land-Use Patterns in the North Santiam Subbasin on the Western Slopes of the Oregon Cascade Range. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Interdisciplinary Studies, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

KILBY, J. DAVID (2008)    PDF
An Investigation of Clovis Caches: Context, Function, and Technological Organization.. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

KIS, VIKTORIA K. (2004)    PDF
Investigation of the Silica Network Structure on Micro- and Nanocrystalline and Amorphous Samples. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Mineralogy, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapet, Hungary.

KLEAM, SAMANTHA (2019)    PDF
Projectile Points and Latest Prehistoric Obsidian Procurement in the Central Sierra Nevada, California: A View from the Rim Fire Collection.. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Fullerton, California.

KOHNTOPP, STEVE W. (2001)    PDF
A Summary of Four Lithic Caches on the South Central Snake River Plain of Idaho: Their Possible Purposes and Relationships. Unpublished Master's Thesis, School of Archaeological Studies, University of Leicester, England.

KOMENE, JO'EL (2009)    PDF
The Koauau in Te Ao Maori. Unpublished Master's Thesis, University of Waikatgo, New Zealand.

KRUEGER, ELIZABETH A. (2014)    PDF
Characterization of Kenyan Obsidian Through Analysis of Magnetic Properties. Unpublished Bachelor's Thesis, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

KWARSICK, KIMBERLY C. (2010)    PDF
Lithic Raw Material Procurement and the Technological Organization of Olympic Peninsula Peoples. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.

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LAGAT, JOHN K. (2004)    PDF
Geology, Hydrothermal Alteration and Fluid Inclulsion Studies of Olkaria Domes Geothermal Field, Kenya. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Geology and Geography, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

LASSUY, MILA (2017)    PDF
Flake Patterns on Rapa Nui's (Easter Island) Stemmed Obsidian Tools (Mata'a): A Preliminary Analysis of Tool Use. Unpublished Bachelors Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.

LAVALLEY, STEPHEN J. (2013)    PDF
Late Holocene Toolstone Procurement and Land-Use Strategies in the Black Rock Desert and High Rock Country of Northwest Nevada. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada.

LENZ, BRETT R. (2011)    PDF
Colonizer Geoarchaeology of the Pacific Northwest Region, North America. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leister.

LINDBERG-MUIR, CATHERINE (1989)    PDF
Obsidian: Archaeological Implications for the Central Oregon Cascades. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Interdisciplinary Studies, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

LITTLE, ALLISON A. (2013)    PDF
Lithic Analysis at the Mead Site, Central Alaska. Unpublished Master's Thesis, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.

LOVE, CHARLES M. (1972)    PDF
An Archaeological Survey of the Jackson Hole Region, Wyoming. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

LUHNOW, GLENNDA (1997)    PDF
An Examination of the Ethnographic Boundary Shared by Gumbatwas and Kokiwas Tribelets, Northeastern California. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Cultural Resource Management, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California.

LYNCH, SEAN C. (2013)    PDF
Portable-XRF Analysis of Archaeological Obsidian from Rebun Island, Japan. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta, Canada.

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MACLEAN, JAMES W. (1994)    PDF
Geology and Geochemistry of Juniper Ridge, Horsehead Mountain and Burns Butte: Implications for the Petrogenesis of Silicic Magma on the High Lava Plains, Southeastern Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Geology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

MALONEY, NEIL J. (1961)    PDF  MAP
Geology of the Eastern Part, Beaty Butte Four Quadrangle, Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Geology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

MARSCHALL, MARY E. (2005)    PDF
A Preliminary Regional Analysis of Lithic Cache Sites in Central Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

MARTIN, CHERYL M. (2009)    PDF
Analysis of Flaked Stone Lithics from Virgin Anasazi Sites Near Mt. Trumbull, Arizona Strip. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada.

MARTINDALE-JOHNSON, LUCAS R. M. (2016)    PDF
Toward an Itinerary of Stone: Investigating the Movement, Crafting, and Use of Obsidian from Caracol, Belize. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

MARTINEZ, JESSE E. (2009)    PDF
An Archaeological Investigation of the Mt. Hicks Obsidian Source, Mineral County, Nevada. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Sacramento, California.

MATHIS, ALLYSON C. (1993)    PDF
Geology and Petrology of a 26-Ma Suite Exposed at Hart Mountain, Southern Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Geology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

MCARDLE, ANGELA (2014)    PDF
When Trash Becomes Treasure: A Postclassic Maya Obsidian Core Cache from Nojpeten. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

MCDANIELS, JILL B. (1976)    PDF
An Analytical Study of Obsidian from Tell Abu Hureyra, Syria. Unpublished Master's Thesis, University of Bradford, Bradford, England

MCDANNEL, ANGELA K. (1989)    PDF
Geology of the Southernmost Deschutes Basin, Tumalo Quadrangle, Deschutes County, Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Geology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

MCDONALD, STANLEY A. (1985)    PDF
Dooley Mountain Obsidian: A Chronology of Aboriginal Use. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.

MCDOUGALL, JOAN M. (1978)    PDF
An Analytical Study of Obsidian from Europe and the Near East by Examination of Magnetic Parameters. Unpublished Master's Thesis, University of Bradford, Bradford, England.

MCFARLAND, JANINE R. (1989)    PDF
An Analysis of Two Post-Mazama Flaked Stone Scatters in the Upper Deschutes River Basin of Central Oregon. Unpublished Master's thesis, Interdisciplinary Studies, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

MCKAY, DANIEL (2012)    PDF
Recent Mafic Eruptions at Newberry Volcano and in the Central Oregon Cascades: Physical Volcanology and Implications for Hazards. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.

MEESALA, RAGHU V. (2010)    PDF
Role of Residual Stresses in Mechanical Properties of Obsidian: Naturally Occurring Glass. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Oklahoma State University.

MELSON, MEGAN M. (2010)    PDF
Trade and exchange in the Neolithic Near East: Implications of OPbsidian Remains from Ais Yiorkis, Cyprus. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

MENOCAL, TATIANA (2015)    PDF
Chipped Stone Analysis of the Yamashita Sites in Moapa Valley, Nevada: A Technological Organization Approach. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

MILIC, MARINA (2016)    PDF
Obsidian Exchange and Societies in the Balkans and the Aegean from the Late 7th to 5th millennia BC. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, London, England.

MONACO, MARCI D. (2019)    PDF
An Experimental Approach to Determine Skill Level at Obsidian Biface Cache Site 35MA375, Salem, Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.

MOORE, JOE (2009)    PDF
Great Basin Tool-Stone Sources - The NDOT Obsidian and Tool-Stone Sourcing Project: 2002 Progress Report [Draft Copy]. Report prepared by the Cultural Resource Section, Nevada Department of Transportation, Carson City, Nevada.

MORGAN, JESSICA A. (2015)    PDF
Obsidian Source Selection in the Early Bronze Age Cyclades. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

MORRISON, DONNA M. (1990)    PDF
Validity in Lithic Debitage Analysis: An Experimental Assessment Comparing Quartzite to Obsidian. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

MOUTSIOU, THEODORA (2011)    PDF
The Obsidian Evidence for the Scale of Social Life during the Palaeolithic. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London.

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NAKONECHNY, LYLE D. (2015)    PDF
Archaeological Survey and Testing in the Willapa River Valley of Southwest Washington. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.

NEWLANDER, KHORI S. (2012)    PDF
Exchange, Embedded Procurement, and Hunter-Gatherer Mobility: A Case Study from the North American Great Basin. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

NILSSON, ELENA (1985)    PDF
Artifact Variation as a Measure of Cultural Affinity: A Study of Surface Lithic Assemblages from Shasta and Modoc Indian Territories, California. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Los Angeles, California.

NOLL, CHRISTOPER (2009)    PDF
Late Holocene Occupation of the Birch Creek Site (35ML181), Southeastern Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.

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O'GRADY, PATRICK W. (2006)    PDF
Before Winter Comes: Archaeological Investigations of Settlement and Subsistence in Harney Valley, Harney County, Oregon. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.

ORANGE, MARIE (2016)    PDF
Between Islands: An Overview of Obsidian Paths in the Western Mediterranean (Corsica, Middle Neolitic). Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Southern Cross University, Coolangatta, Australia.

OREGEL, SERGIO E. (2017)    PDF
The Trade and Exchange of Obsidian in the Basin of Mexico During the Classic Period. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.

ORIGER, THOMAS M. (1987)    PDF
Temporal Control in the Southern Coast Ranges of California: The Application of Obsidian Hydration Analysis. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California.

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PAGE, DAVE (2008)    PDF
Fine-Grained Volcanic Toolstone Sources and Early Use in the Bonneville Basin of Western Utah and Eastern Nevada. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada.

PARK, ROBIN J. (2010)    PDF
A Culture of Convenience? Obsidian Source Selection in Yellowstone National Park. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

PARKER, DONALD J. (1974)    PDF  MAP
Petrology of Selected Volcanic Rocks of the Harney Basin, Oregon. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Geology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

PHILLIPS, STEPHEN C. (2011)    PDF
Networked Glass: Lithic Raw Material Consumption and Social Networks in the Kuril Islands, Far Eastern Russia. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Pullman, Washington.

PLAGER, SHARON R. (2001)    PDF
Patterns in the Distribution of Volcanic Glass Across Southern Idaho. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho.

POLLOCK, CAMERON J. (2018)    PDF
In Pursuit of the Quarry: Exploring Lithic Exchange on the Interior Plateau of British Columbia . Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Canada.

POPELKA-FILCOFF, RACHAEL S. (2006)    PDF
Applications of Elemental Analysis for Archaeometric Studies: Analytical and Statistical Methods for Understanding Geochemical Trends in Ceramics, Ochre, and Obsidian. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.

PSOTA, SUNSHINE (1994)    PDF
Native American Use of Non-Quarry Obsidian in Northern Sonoma County: A Preliminary Assessment. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Cultural Resources Management, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California.

PULLEN, REGINALD J. (1982)    PDF
The Identification of Early Prehistoric Settlement Patterns Along the Coast of Southwest Oregon: A Survey Based Upon Amateur Artifact Collections. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Interdisciplinary Studies, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

PUTNAM, WILLIAM C. (1937)    PDF
The Geology of the Mono Craters, California. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California.

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RALEY, PATRICK M (2011)    PDF
Obsidian Procurement Area Studies: Excavations at Bear Gulch, Idaho. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Chico, California.

RAMIREZ, GUILLERMO (1976)    PDF
Chemical Characterization of Volcanic Glass from Central Mexico and Its Application to Archaeological Studies. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana.

RAMOS, BRIAN A. (2000)    PDF
Prehistoric Obsidian Quarry Use and Technological Changes in the Western Great Basin: Examining Lithic Procurement at the Truman/Queen Obsidian Source, California and Nevada. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, California.

RAYMOND, ANAN W. (1984)    PDF
Prehistoric Reduction and Curation of Topaz Mountain, Utah, Obsidian: A Technological Analysis of Two Lithic Scatters. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, Seattle, Washington.

REEPMEYER, CHRISTIAN (2009)    PDF
The Obsidian Sources and Distribution Ssystems Emanating from Gaua and Vanua Lava in the Banks Islands of Vanuatu.. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

REIMER, RUDY (2000)    PDF
Extreme Archaeology: The Results of Investigations at High Elevation Regions in the Northwest. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

REIMER, RUDY (2012)    PDF
The Mountains and Rocks Are Forever: Lithics and Landscapes of Skwxwu7mesh Uxwumixw. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

ROBERTS, THEODORE M. (2008)    PDF
Footprints and "Fingerprints": A Northern Arizona Geochemical Study of Archaic Period Lithic Procurement and Mobility. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.

ROCHE, RICHARD L. (1987)    PDF
Stratigraphic and Geochemical Evolution of the Glass Buttes Complex, Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Geology, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.

RODRIGUEZ, ERIN C. (2010)    PDF
Obsidian in Northern Ecuador: A Study of Obsidian Production and Site Function in Pambamarca. Unpublished Bachelor's Thesis, Department of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

ROTH, KAREN (2014)    PDF
Geochemical Variability of Obsidian in Western New Mexico with LaboratoryBased pXRF. Unpublished Honors Thesis in Geology. Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia.

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SANDERS, SUZANNE C. (1981)    PDF
Trace and Minor Element Analysis of Obsidian Using X-Ray Fluorescence. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Chemistry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.

SALCEDO, CAMILO M. (2021)    PDF
La minería de los olvidados: Explotación independiente de obsidiana roja con negro de la Sierra de Ahuisculco, Jalisco, durante el Posclásico (900-1525 d.C.). Tesis Para optar por el grado de Maestro en Arqueología, El Colegio de Michoacán A.C., La Piedad Michoacán, Mexico. Google Translate

SCHAEFER, JONATHAN (2020)    PDF
Obsidian Procurement in the Gallinas Mountains of West Central New Mexico. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.

SCHREINDORFER, CRYSTAL S. (1987)    PDF
Archaeological Investigations at the Marial Site (35CU84), Curry County, Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Interdisciplinary Studies, Oregon State University, Oregon.

SEELENFREUND-HIRSCH, ANDREA C. (1985)    PDF
The Exploitation of Mayor Island Obsidian in Prehistoric New Zealand. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, Otaga University, Otaga, New Zealand.

SEIDITA, MAX A. (2013)    PDF
Chetumal's Dragonglass: Postclassic Obsidian Production Exchange at Santa Rita Corozal, Belize. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Central Florida

SELOVER, STEPHANIE L. (2015)    PDF
Excavating War: The Archaeology of Conflict in Early Chalcolithic to Early Bronze III Central and Southeastern Anatolia. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

SHULTS, SARA C. (2012)    PDF
Uncovering Ancient Maya Exchange Networks: Using the Distributional Approach to Interpret Obsidian Exchange at Actuncan, Belize. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

SIBLEY, KRISSTIN I. (2013)    PDF
Prehistoric Obsidian Use in the Truckee Meadows and Its Implications for Settlement Patterns Along the Sierran Front. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Sacramento, California.

SIMPSON, STEPHEN J. (1985)    PDF
Structure and Petrology of the Rhodes Peak Cauldron, Montana and Idaho. Unpublished Master's Thesis, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana.

SKINNER, CRAIG E. (1983)    PDF
Obsidian Studies in Oregon: An Introduction to Obsidian and An Investigation of Selected Methods of Obsidian Characterization Utilizing Obsidian Collected at Prehistoric Quarry Sites in Oregon. Unpublished Master's Terminal Project: ISIP, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.

SMITH, NICOLE F. (2004)    PDF
A Geochemical Approach to Understanding Raw Material Use and Stone Tool Production at the Richardson Island Archaeological Site, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia. Unpublished Master's Paper, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.

SMITH, TIMOTHY (1977)    PDF
Obsidian Hydration As An Independent Dating Technique. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.

SOUTH, BARRY (1999)    PDF
Lithic Resource Procurement at Obsidian Cliffs, Oregon: A Comparative Study. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington.

STAFFORD, HOWARD S. (1935)    PDF
A Regional Geographical Study of the Guano Valley, A Section of the Basin Range Area of Southeastern Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Geography, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.

STEFFEN, ANASTASIA (2005)    PDF
The Dome Fire Obsidian Study: Investigating the Interaction of Heat, Hydration, and Glass Geochemistry. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

STEVENS, NATHAN E. (2002)    PDF
Prehistoric Use of the Alpine Sierra Nevada: Archaeological Investigations at Taboose Pass, Kings Canyon National Park, California. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Sacramento, California.

STRECK, MARTIN J. (1995)    PDF
Volcanology and Petrology of the Rattlesnake Ash-Flow Tuff, Eastern Oregon. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

SULLIVAN, KELSEY J. (2017)    PDF
Caching It In: Local Patterns in Ancient Maya Ritual Caches of Eccentric Lithics Within the Belize Valley. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.

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TAGGART, MICHAEL W. (2002)    PDF
Upper Deschutes River Basin Prehistory: A Preliminary Examination of Flaked Stone Tools and Debitage. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Interdisciplinary Studies, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

TALIAFERRO, METTHEW S. (2004)    PDF
Technological Analysis of the Formal Chipped Stone Tool Assemblage from Old Town (LA1113) with Obsidian Provenance Studies from Selected Archaeological Sites Throughout the Mimbres Valley. Unpublished Master's Thesis, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.

TAYLOR, EDWARD M. (1967)    PDF
Recent Vulcanism Between Three-Fingered Jack and North Sister, Oregon Cascade Range. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.

THATCHER, JENNIFER J. (2001)    PDF
The Distribution of Geologic and Artifact Obsidian from the Silver Lake/Sycan Marsh Geochemical Source Group, South-Central Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Interdisciplinary Studies, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

THOMAS, SCOTT P. (1981)    PDF
The Determination of a Relative Chronology for a Surface Archeological Site Using the Obsidian Hydration Dating Method. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Portland State University.

THOMPSON, RANDY A. (2004)    PDF
Trade or Transport: Occurrence of Obsidian from the Malad, Idaho, Source in the Great Plains. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho.

THORMAHLEN, DAVID J. (1984)    PDF
Geology of the Northwest One-Quarter of the Prineville Quadrangle, Central Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Geology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

TOEPEL, KATHRYN A. (1985)    PDF
The Flanagan Site: 6,000 Years of Occupation in the Upper Willamette Valley, Oregon. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.

TREMAINE, KIMBERLY J. (1989)    PDF
Obsidian As A Time Keeper: An Investigation in Absolute and Relative Dating. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Cultural Resources Management, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California.

TRIPCEVICH, NICHOLAS (2007)    PDF
Quarries, Caravans, and Routes to Complexity: Prehispanic Obsidian in the South-Central Andes. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California.

TROUT, LUKAS W. (2015)    PDF
Subsistence, Mobility, and Intensity of Residential Site Use: Results of Flaked Stone Analysis at High Rise Village. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada.

TRIPLETT, MALLORY M. (2021)    PDF
An Analysis of Tachylyte and Other Volcanic Glasses in Washington Archaeology. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Cultural and Environmental Resource Management, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington.

TUCKER, ELIZABETH R. (1976)    PDF  MAP 1  MAP 2  MAP 3
Geology and Structure of the Brothers Fault Zone in the Central Part of the Millican SE Quadrangle, Deschutes County, Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Geology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

TYKOT, ROBERT H. (1995)    PDF
Prehistoric Trade in the Western Mediterranean: The Sources and Distribution of Sardinian Obsidian. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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VAN DE HOEK, ENID J. (1990)    PDF
A Spatial and Temporal Study of Blue Mountain Obsidian: Terrestrial Implications on the Devil's Garden in Northeastern California. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Cultural Resources Management, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California.

VAN DER VOORT, MADELINE WARE (2016)    PDF
Late Paleoindian Leporid Processing at the Little Steamboat Point-1 Rockshelter: An Experimental and Archaeological Use-Wear Analysis of Obsidian Flake Tool. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada.

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WALLACE, ERIN (2004)    PDF
Obsidian Projectile Points and Human Mobility Around the Birch Creek Site (35ML181), Southeastern Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.

WARD, ROGER W. (2014)    PDF
Comparative Strain Analyses in a Welded Ignimbrite: An Assessment of Welding Intensity Variables and Rankings. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, Bakersfield, California.

WATERS, AARON C. (1927)    PDF
A Structural and Petrographic Study of the Glass Buttes, Lake County, Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

WHITSON, DAVID N. (1988)    PDF
Geochemical Stratigraphy of the Dooley Mountain Breccia and Tertiary Basalts in the Dooley Mountain Quadrangle, Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Geology, Portland State University: Portland, Oregon.

WILLIAMS, DAVID W. (2012)    PDF
Typological and Geochemical Analaysis of Obsidian Artifacts: A Diachronic Study from the Lower Rio Verde Valley, Oaxaca, Mexico. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.

WILLIS, SAMUEL C. (2005)    PDF
Late Pleistocene Lithic Technological Organization on the Southern Oregon Coast: Investigations at Indian Sands (35-CU-67C). Unpublished Master's Thesis, Applied Anthropology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

WILLSON, CHRIS A. (2005)    PDF
X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis of Obsidian Associated with Late Archaic Sites in Southwestern Idaho and Southeastern Oregon: Issues in Adressing Mobility. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Idaho, Boise, Idaho.

WISTUK, BRONSON (2017)    PDF
Obsidian and Political Economy in the Wari Empire: A Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Study of the Patipampa Sector of Huari. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Binghamton University State University of New York, Binghamton, New York.

WOMACK, BRUCE R. (1977)    PDF
An Archaeological Investigation and Technological Analysis of the Stockhoff Basalt Quarry, Northeastern Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.

WOZNIAK, KARL C. (1982)    PDF
Geology of the Northern Part of the Southeast Three Sisters Quadrangle, Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Geology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

WRISTON, TERESA A. (2003)    PDF
The Weed Lake Ditch Site: An Early Holocene Occupation on the Shore of Pluvial Lake Malheur, Harney Basin, Oregon. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada.

WUNDERLICH, ROBERT G. (2014)    PDF
Analysis of the Colorado and Wyoming Sourced Obsidian Database. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

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ZABORSKY, ERIK C. (2006)    PDF
Archaeology of the Diablo Range: Investigations at the Arroyo Blanco Rancheria (CA-FRE-1331), Fresno County, California. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Bakersfield, California.

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