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