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Science 25 February 1972:
Vol. 175. no. 4024, pp. 888 - 890
DOI: 10.1126/science.175.4024.888
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Pre-Hispanic Workshop of Serpentinite Artifacts, Venezuelan Andes, and Possible Raw Material Source

Erika Wagner 1 and Carlos Schubert 1

1 Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Caracas, Venezuela

Excavations of a workshop and cemetery in the high Venezuelan Andes yielded winged artifacts made of serpentinite at various stages of finish. Serpentinites are unknown in the Venezuelan Andes, and the raw material was obtained from natural sources located in northern South American or possibly the Antilles, or by trade.

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