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New data on source characterization and exploitation of obsidian from the Chikiani area (Georgia) [PDF]

, 2016
The characterization of the obsidian specimens collected during the 2012 and 2014 surveys evidence the existence of at least 3 main obsidian chemical groups at Chikiani.
Paolo, Biagi, Bernard, Gratuze
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Archéométrie de l’obsidienne : déchiffrer la circulation d’une matière première

Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 2015
In the last fifty years obsidian provenance studies have become important in archaeology. Most of the time, an analytical characterisation is required to determine the origin of raw material.
François-Xavier Le Bourdonnec, Ludovic Bellot-Gurlet, Carlo Luglié, Céline Bressy-Leandri   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identification and correlation of the Aso‐3 tephra in the Omaezaki area, central Japan: A valuable key stratum for the MIS 6/5 transition period

Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 41, Issue 6, Page 972-986, August 2026.
ABSTRACT The Aso‐3 tephra is one of the most significant widespread marker layers from the Middle to Late Pleistocene, generated by a large caldera‐forming eruption at the Aso volcano in Kyushu, southwestern Japan. Despite its importance, a distal co‐ignimbrite ash correlative has yet to be clearly identified, primarily because although volcanic glass ...
Toshinori Sasaki, Takuya Morimoto, Tatsuyuki Ueno, Kazuo Mizoguchi, Norihisa Goto, Hisanori Ominami, Shohei Onaka   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategies for obtaining obsidian in pre-European contact era New Zealand. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Archaeological evidence of people's choices regarding how they supply themselves with obsidian through direct access and different types of exchanges gives us insight in to mobility, social networks, and property rights in the distant past.
Mark D McCoy, Jonathan Carpenter
doaj   +1 more source

THE ASIKLI HOYUK OBSIDIAN TECHNOLOGY

, 2021
Asikli Hoyuk (Central Anatolia- Province of Aksaray), being located in the close vicinity of obsidian sources, evidently used obsidian extensively for the chipped stone industry.
Yildirim-Balci, Semra
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Circulación, intercambio y uso de obsidianas en la costa de la provincia del Chubut (Patagonia argentina), durante el Holoceno tardío

Intersecciones en Antropología, 2005
Se presentan los resultados de un nuevo análisis de elementos traza en 26 artefactos de 19 sitios arqueológicos de la costa de la provincia del Chubut. Dieciocho sitios son del sector norte, entre las desembocaduras del Arroyo Verde y del río Chubut y el
Julieta Gómez Otero, Charles R. Stern
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Edge Sharpness Does Not Vary Between Palaeolithic Flake Technologies, With the Possible Exception of Levallois Débitage

Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 4, Page 674-686, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Investigating why hominins adopted particular flake technologies during the Mid‐to‐Late Pleistocene is essential to understanding patterns of lithic innovation. This period witnessed the emergence of Levallois technologies (~350–250 ka) and later blades, each “replacing” earlier forms.
Anna Mika, Alastair Key
wiley   +1 more source

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

Obsidian Across the Americas [PDF]

, 2023
Obsidian Across the Americas draws attention to recent obsidian studies in the Americas and acts as a reference for archaeologists and scholars interested in material culture and exchange.

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Narrating Science, Shaping Selves: Oral Stories Latine Caregivers Share With Their Preschoolers as Pathways to Science Learning and Identity

Applied Cognitive Psychology, Volume 40, Issue 4, July/August 2026.
ABSTRACT We studied the oral stories 226 U.S. Latine caregivers (most Mexican‐born, earning under $50,000 annually) shared with their children (Mage = 51.81 months) when prompted to tell a science‐ or nature‐related story. Inductive qualitative coding and analyses revealed personal experience stories—reminiscing, caregiver memories, and fictionalized ...
Andrea C. Bühler‐Wassmann, Anele Villanueva, Diana I. Acosta, Maureen A. Callanan, Gigliana Melzi, Catherine A. Haden   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source