Results 51 to 60 of about 1,696 (176)

Obsidian at the Maddalena di Muccia (Marche, Central Italy) Archaeological Site: Evidence for Three Volcanic Sources in a Multi-Phase Context

Heritage
This paper presents the compositional characterisation of obsidian artefacts from the archaeological site of Maddalena di Muccia (Marche, Central Italy).
Pasquale Acquafredda, Italo Maria Muntoni, Cecilia Conati Barbaro, Elisabetta Gadaleta, Mauro Pallara   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Petroarcheometric Analysis on Obsidian Artefacts Found Within Some Neolithic – Eneolithic Period Caves of Southern Italy

Open Archaeology, 2020
In the last twenty years, obsidian artefacts have been found in important and often extensive karst cavities in Southern Italy: three located in Calabria (Grotta della Monaca, and Grotta del Tesauro, in Sant’Agata di Esaro, Cosenza; Grotta Pietra Sant ...
Acquafredda Pasquale, Larocca Felice, Minelli Antonella, Pallara Mauro, Micheletti Francesca   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developing a Non‐Destructive Sourcing Method for Glassy Andesite and Basalt Artifacts

Geoarchaeology, Volume 41, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT Glassy andesite and basalt are volcanic rocks often valued as a lithic raw material by ancient people. Crucial to examining trade and migration routes of ancient communities is lithic sourcing based on geochemical comparisons of artifacts and known quarry outcrops.
Kazuki Morisaki, Jeffrey R. Ferguson, Masami Izuho   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geological Sources of Obsidian on Lipari and Artifact Production and Distribution in the Neolithic and Bronze Age Central Mediterranean

Open Archaeology, 2019
The Aeolian island of Lipari, just north of eastern Sicily, was a major geological source of high quality obsidian that was volcanically formed in the Late Mesolithic, followed by another major production in the 1st millennium AD. A much earlier volcanic
Tykot Robert H.
doaj   +1 more source

In Vitro and Clinical Evaluation of Potential Interactions of Bemnifosbuvir with Drug‐Metabolizing Enzymes

The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Volume 66, Issue 5, May 2026.
Abstract Bemnifosbuvir is a novel oral guanosine nucleotide prodrug with potent pan‐genotypic inhibitory activity against hepatitis C virus. In vitro studies assessing the inhibition or induction potential of bemnifosbuvir on the CYP450 and UGT1A1 enzymes demonstrated that bemnifosbuvir is a weak inducer and a reversible and time‐dependent inhibitor of
Xiao‐Jian Zhou, Alex Vo, Gaetano Morelli, Maureen Montrond, Shannan Lynch, Keith Pietropaolo, Bruce Belanger, Steven Good, Arantxa Horga, Nancy Agrawal, Janet Hammond   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Obsidiana gris porfírica calco-alcalina del volcán Chaitén en sitios arqueológicos al sur del río Santa Cruz, Patagonoa meridional Porphyritic grey calc-alkaline obsidian from Chaitén volcano in archaeological sites south of the Santa Crus river, southermost Patagonia

Magallania, 2012
En el Parque Nacional Monte León y el Campo Volcánico Pali Aike se han recuperado un núcleo y dos lascas de obsidiana gris porfírica riolítica, la cual es químicamente diferente a los tipos más comunes de obsidianas (negra, gris verdosa veteada y verde ...
CHARLES R STERN, SOLEDAD CARACOTCHE, ISABEL CRUZ, JUDITH CHARLIN   +3 more
doaj  

The Geological Mining Historical and Environmental Park of Sardinia and the Preservation of the Obsidian Heritage in the Sardinian Territory

Open Archaeology
The Geological, Mining, Historical and Environmental Park of Sardinia tells over 8000 years of exploitation of the island’s mineral resources, and history among the most lasting and fascinating planet.
Pignatelli Ciro, Rizzo Roberto, Sernagiotto Stefano   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The potential of obsidian "big data"

UISPP Journal, 2019
Studies of obsidian provenance have been a core component of the archaeological sciences from the mid-1960s onward. With the growing application of portable X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometers (PXRF) in obsidian research, the number of such studies, and the
Mark Golitko
doaj   +1 more source

First technological and provenance analysis on obsidian artifacts from Tafí Valley (Tucumán Province, Argentine Republic)

Journal of Lithic Studies, 2018
The aim of this paper is to report the first analyses carried out on obsidian artifacts recovered from two archaeological sites of the Tafí valley (Tucumán, Argentina), dating to the first and second millennium C.E.
Juan Manuel Montegú, Valeria Leticia Franco Salvi, Julián Salazar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transcarpathian contacts of the Late Glacial Societies of the Polish Lowlands

Przegląd Archeologiczny, 2015
Identification of exotic raw-materials discovered within the context of Late Glacial societies of the North European Plain is a crucial factor in discussion about far-reaching exchange systems of goods and ideas.
Iwona Sobkowiak-Tabaka, Zsolt Kasztovszky, Jacek Kabaciński, Katalin T. Biró, Bolgárka Maróti, Katalin Gméling   +5 more
doaj