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Documenta Praehistorica, 2019 This overview is based on the results of 25+ years of provenance studies to identify the sources of high-quality volcanic glass (obsidian) in prehistoric cultural complexes of the far eastern and northeastern regions of Russia (Maritime Province, the ...
Yaroslav V. Kuzmin
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Obsidian and Household Ritual at Xochitecatl-Cacaxtla
, 2014 Mari Carmen Serra Puche +2 more
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, 2022 This chapter examines how the obsidian craters just east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range erupted in the last few millennia, some in recent centuries. Obsidian, because it lacks the constraints imposed by an internal molecular order, can in fact be flaked into tools with edges that are many times sharper than a razor blade. In the Sierra Nevada, the
Richard J. Nevle +2 more
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The obsidian mirror The obsidian mirror
Ilha do Desterro, 2008 The author James Norman is an American who has always lived in Mexico during the summer. He seems to love Mexican - Indian traditions and he is well acquainted with the pre-historic culture as it is shown in his book: "The Obsidian Mirror". "The Obsidian
Maria do Socorro Reis Amorin
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Obsidian in the Upper Palaeolithic of Iberia [PDF]
Antiquity, 2021 Sourced from the Tyrrhenian Islands and exchanged over long distances, obsidian was used widely across prehistoric Western Europe. An obsidian core and bladelets from a newly discovered rockshelter site in south-eastern Spain, however, raised the possibility of an unrecognised mainland source of obsidian.
João Zilhão +8 more
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Inclusions and the Color of Obsidian [PDF]
Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2016 The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1431927616009910 Obsidian is a volcanic glass formed by the rapid quenching of the lava, is chemically similar to rhyolite or granite, and is composed mainly of silica with many other elements present in various oxide or silicate forms.
Camargo, Andres +3 more
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Fayalite in the obsidian of Lipari [PDF]
American Journal of Science, 1890 n ...
Iddings, J. P., Penfield, S. L.
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Elemental, isotopic, and geochronological variability in Mogollon-Datil volcanic province archaeological obsidian, southwestern USA: Solving issues of intersource discrimination [PDF]
, 2017 Solving issues of intersource discrimination in archaeological obsidian is a recurring problem in geoarchaeological investigation, particularly since the number of known sources of archaeological obsidian worldwide has grown nearly exponentially in the ...
Morgan, L, Pyle, D, Shackley, MS
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Estimación de edades arqueológicas usando la hidratación de obsidianas: dos fuentes de los andes meridionales [PDF]
, 2016 Obsidian is abundant in archaeological sites throughout Mendoza Province, Argentina but no obsidian hydration rates exist to date these assemblages.
Bettinger, Robert +4 more
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Spherulite formation in obsidian lavas in the Aeolian Islands, Italy [PDF]
, 2017 The authors wish to gratefully acknowledge Andy Tindle (The Open University) for assistance with EMP analyses, and Richard Darton and David Evans (Keele University) for assistance with XRD and Prof Alun Vaughan and Nicola Freebody (University of ...
Bullock, Liam A. +2 more
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