Publications & Reports

All projects that pass through our laboratory, whether initiated internally or externally, receive a professional technical report.  We would like to see the results published; however, we recognize that not all projects are suitable for immediate publication.  To ensure that data produced by our facility are available to the scientific community and the public, all of our technical reports are available (sometimes pending an embargo period) via the SMU Scholar portal.

Publications

Boulanger, M.T., M. Adler, J.L. Boyer, and M. Henderson. 2023 ‘Our Work Will Continue’: Geochemical Sourcing by XRF of Obsidian in the Collections of Helen Greene Blumenschein. Kiva (In Press)

Boulanger, M.T., M. Adler, E. Sommer, and I. Jorgeson. 2022. Dynamics of obsidian procurement at Pot Creek Pueblo (LA-260), northern New Mexico. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 14.

Boulanger, M.T., G.L. Miller, and P. Fisher. 2021. A collection of early Holocene flaked-stone crescents from the northern Great Basin. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 37.

Boulanger, M.T. 2020. Mexican obsidian on Maui: Hawaiian connection, harmonic convergence, or hokum? Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 34.

Graves, A. and M.T. Boulanger. 2016. Inventory and analysis of some obsidian artifacts in the James M. Collins Collection. Bulletin of the International Association for Obsidian Studies 58: 24-38.

Technical Reports

All projects performed by the laboratory are detailed in technical reports issued by the lab.  After an embargo period, copies of these reports are made available through the SMU open-access repository.

2023

Geochemical sourcing of obsidian in the Lloyd R. Erwin Collection, Report #1. Prepared by M.T. Boulanger, Southern Methodist University. Prepared for C. Erwin, North Texas Archeological Society. August 8, 2023; Revised August 20, 2023.

2022

Geochemical sourcing of obsidian artifacts from archaeological surveys in the Taos Area, New Mexico: The Taos Valley Settlement Survey, Report #4. Prepared by M.T. Boulanger, Southern Methodist University. October 11, 2022.

Geochemical sourcing of obsidian artifacts from Picurís Pueblo (LA 127) in Taos County, New Mexico. Prepared by M.T. Boulanger, Southern Methodist University. August 4, 2022.

Geochemical sourcing of obsidian artifacts from LA 69138, Ranchos de Taos, Taos County, New Mexico. Prepared by M.T. Boulanger, Southern Methodist University. Prepared for D. Eichelberger. July 12, 2022.

Geochemical sourcing of obsidian artifacts from Cerrita Pithouse and Sagebrush Pueblo. Prepared by M.T. Boulanger, Southern Methodist University. July 6, 2022.

Geochemical sourcing  of obsidian artifacts from archaeological surveys in the Taos Area, New Mexico: The Helen Blumenschein Collection, Report #3. Prepared by M.T. Boulanger and M. Henderson, Southern Methodist University. July 7, 2022.

Geochemical sourcing of obsidian artifacts from archaeological surveys in the Taos Area, New Mexico, Report #2: The Helen Blumenschein Collection. Prepared by M.T. Boulanger, Southern Methodist University. February 18, 2022

Letter report, re: analysis of obsidian artifacts from the High Plains Paleoecology Project. Prepared for C. Bednar, Archaeological Research Collections, SMU. Prepared by M.T. Boulanger, Southern Methodist University. February 18, 2022.

Letter report, re: analysis of obsidian projectile point from the LA 196319. Prepared for D. Meltzer, Department of Anthropology, SMU. Prepared by M.T. Boulanger, Southern Methodist University. March 7, 2022.

Obsidian sourcing at two Valdez phase sites, TA-10 (LA 71190) and TA-25 (LA 243), in Taos County, New Mexico. Prepared by M.T. Boulanger, Southern Methodist University. September 29, 2022.

2021

Compositional analysis by pXRF of obsidian artifacts from Pete Creek (41CB1) in Crosby County, Texas. Prepared by M.T. Boulanger, Southern Methodist University.

Geochemical sourcing of obsidian artifacts from archaeological surveys in the Taos Area, New Mexico, Report #1: The Helen Blumenschein Collection; the Little Rio Grande Survey; Vickery’s Excavations at TA-26; and, the Herold and Luebben Survey. Prepared by M.T. Boulanger, Southern Methodist University.

Letter report, re: analysis of obsidian artifacts from the High Plains Paleoecology Project. Prepared for C. Bednar, Archaeological Research Collections, Southern Methodist University. Prepared by M.T. Boulanger, Southern Methodist University. November 29, 2021.

Letter report, re: analysis of one obsidian flake from Pete Creek (41CB1). Prepared for S. Eiselt, Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University. Prepared by M.T. Boulanger, Southern Methodist University. December 3, 2021.

Letter report, re: analysis of three obsidian projectile points from Pete Creek (41CB1). Prepared for S. Eiselt, Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University. Prepared by M.T. Boulanger, Southern Methodist University. December 20, 2021.

Neutron activation analysis of chert artifacts from Mielke #1 (33SH26), Shelby County, Ohio. Prepared for M. Eren, Department of Anthropology, Kent State University. Prepared by M.T. Boulanger, Southern Methodist University. June 11, 2021.

X-ray fluorescence spectrometry of archaeological artifacts from Peñasco Alto (LA 926); Report #1: Summary of in-field analyses conducted in June and July 2021. Prepared by M.T. Boulanger, Southern Methodist University.

2020

Compositional analysis by pXRF of obsidian artifacts from Picuris Pueblo (TA-111) in Taos County, New Mexico.  Prepared for M. Adler, Southern Methodist University. Prepared by M.T. Boulanger, Southern Methodist University.

Compositional analysis by pXRF of obsidian artifacts from Pot Creek Pueblo (TA-1) in Taos County, New Mexico.  Prepared for M. Adler, Southern Methodist University. Prepared by M.T. Boulanger, Southern Methodist University.

Letter report summarizing XRF analysis of an obsidian flake associated with burial #2 at Picuris Pueblo. Prepared for M. Adler, Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University. Prepared by M.T. Boulanger, Southern Methodist University. July 21, 2020.

Letter report summarizing XRF analysis of 32 additional obsidian artifacts from Picuris Pueblo. Prepared for M. Adler, Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University. Prepared by M.T. Boulanger, Southern Methodist University. July 24, 2020.

Letter report summarizing analysis of 49 archaeological artifacts from the Mountaineer Site.  Prepared for D. Meltzer, Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University. Prepared by M.T. Boulanger, Southern Methodist University. August 15, 2020.

2019

Compositional analysis by pXRF of obsidian and dacite artifacts from Ute Mountain and Cerro de la Olla, Taos County, New Mexico.  Prepared for L. Montgomery, University of Arizona. Prepared by M.T. Boulanger, Southern Methodist University.

Letter report summarizing analysis of Late Prehistoric, Folsom, and Paleoindian artifacts in the QUEST collections at SMU.  Prepared for D. Meltzer, Southern Methodist University. Prepared by M.T. Boulanger, Southern Methodist University.

Neutron activation analysis of chert sources in the upper Midwest and a comparison to bifaces from a suspected Paleoindian cache at Camp Cornish, Ohio. Prepared by M.T. Boulanger, Southern Methodist University. January, 2019.