Table 3:
The Conference Participants |
| Conference Steering Committee: K. Hirth (Host), J. Flenniken, P. Kelterborn, J. Pelegrin |
Brad Andrews
(Penn State) |
Archaeologist and lithic technologist studying skill and production efficiency of obsidian prismatic blade manufacture at Xochicalco and Teotihuacán. |
John Clark
(BYU) |
The leading figure in Mesoamerican prismatic blade technology with over 20 years of research concerning prehispanic production and experimental replication. Dr. Clark’s replication experiments established that Mesoamerican prismatic blades were manufactured using a seated technique. |
Jeffrey Flenniken
(Lithic Analysts Inc.) |
One of the leading figures in lithic technology and cross-cultural research on pressure blade manufacture. Currently working on replicating small blade production on pecked and ground cores using hand-held techniques. |
Dan Healan
(Tulane University) |
Mesoamerican archaeologist and lithic technologist with a unique understanding of both domestic and non-domestic production areas throughout Central México. |
Kenneth Hirth
(Penn State) |
Archaeologist and lithic technologist. Director of the Xochicalco Lithic Project, and Curator of the Kaminaljuyú Lithics collection. Conference Host |
Peter Kelterborn
(Meilen, Switzerland) |
Engineer and expert on fracture mechanics. He is the world’s leading expert on replicating and measuring the morphological and technological factors involved in pressure blade manufacture. |
Jacques Pelegrin
(Centre Nacional de Recherche Scientifique, France) |
One of the world’s most skilled lithic analysts and replicators. Widely recognized as the leading authority on Upper Paleolithic lithic technology, indirect percussion and other punch techniques. |
Alejandro Pastrana
(INAH, México) |
The leading Latin American archaeologist and lithic technologist with extensive knowledge of the variation in obsidian prismatic blade production throughout Mesoamerica. |
Payson Sheets
(Colorado) |
Mesoamerican archaeologist whose ground breaking work in 1975 provided the initial interpretive framework for obsidian blade production. |
Gene Titmus
(Jerome, Idaho) |
The world’s leading craftsmen in replicating Mesoamerican obsidian pressure blades and is indispensable for the topics addressed in the conference. |
Jacques Tixier
(Centre Nacional de Recherche Scientifique, France) |
World renowned scholar on indirect percussion lithic technology who with Francois Bordes pioneered incorporating experimental replication in archaeological research. |
Rissa Trachman
(U. of Texas) |
Mesoamerican archaeologist and lithic technologist. Graduate Assistant for the conference. |
James Woods
(Herrett Museum) |
Lithic technologist and Director of the Herrett Museum which contains one of the most comprehensive comparative collections of archaeological and ethnographic lithic materials in North America. |
