Asana

In excavated data from Asana, in Moquegua, one sample of Chivay obsidian was found in a Muruq'uta phase occupation in Level XIV-West lying above a palimpsest dated to 6040±90 (Beta-24634; 5210-4766 BCE) (Aldenderfer 1998: 269), as shown above in SectionX3.4.1X. This level lies on the Middle Archaic / Late Archaic transition. Interestingly, Chivay obsidian disappears at Asana subsequent to this time period. Furthermore, evidence of lower raw material diversity in the Late Archaic lithic assemblage point to greater geographical circumscription.