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Characterizing centrality: Obsidian consumption, supra-regional connectivity, and social reproduction at the Early Bronze Age sanctuary of Keros (Cyclades, Greece). [PDF]
PLoS ONEEarly Bronze Age [EBA] Keros was a central place in the 3rd millennium cal BC Cycladic islands (Greece). Its material culture attests links with communities throughout the Aegean and beyond. This study uses obsidian sourcing to help reconstruct the socio-
Tristan Carter +3 more
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Increasing obsidian diversity during the Chalcolithic Period at Yeghegis-1 Rockshelter (Armenia) reveals shifts in land use and social networks [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe newly excavated rockshelter of Yeghegis-1 in Armenia reflects an occupation of five centuries, as attested by radiocarbon dates from ∼ 4100 to 4000 cal BCE in the lowest layer to ∼ 3600–3500 cal BCE at the top.
Ellery Frahm +11 more
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The Natufian Epipalaeolithic and Pre-Pottery Neolithic in the desert of northern Arabia [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe Fertile Crescent region, spanning from the upper Euphrates to the head of the Gulf of Aqaba, witnessed the earliest transition in the world from hunting and gathering wild foods to farming domesticates.
Ceri Shipton +16 more
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Global sourcing practices: a framework to improve sourcing strategy implementation [PDF]
, 2009 The aim of the research reported in this thesis is to gain understanding of global sourcing practices of companies in the UK and to develop a framework to improve sourcing strategy implementation. This research was conducted by carrying out literature
Mohamad, Marini Nurbanum Binti
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The emplacement of an obsidian dyke through thin ice : Hrafntinnuhryggur, Krafla Iceland. [PDF]
, 2009 An eruption along a 2.5 km-long rhyolitic dyke at Krafla volcano, northern Iceland during the last glacial period formed a ridge of obsidian (Hrafntinnuhryggur).
Castro, Jonathan M., Tuffen, Hugh
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Archaeological data on obsidian exchange in Northern Mesopotamia in IV–III mill. BC.
Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2016 The article deals with a range of questions concerning obsidian exchange in settlements of Northern Mesopotamia. The chronological framework includes IV and III mill. BC (from Late Ubaid to Akkadian Periods). The first part presents the state of research
Ibragimova E.R.
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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 +2 more
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Documenta Praehistorica, 2023 Recent excavations at Sofular Höyük (Nevsehir, central Turkey) uncovered Aceramic Neolithic deposits dating to the late 9th and early 8th millennium cal BC and a lithic industry almost entirely made of obsidian. This study focuses on the techno-typology
Murat Karakoç +4 more
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Procurement at the Chivay obsidian source, Arequipa, Peru [PDF]
World Archaeology, 2011 Abstract Results of survey and test excavations at the Chivay obsidian source in highland Peru found evidence of use of the source area throughout much of the prehispanic past. An examination of a quarry pit and workshop suggest that quarrying and workshop production intensified at the end of the Preceramic period in the region.
Tripcevich, Nicholas, Mackay, Alex
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Journal of Lithic Studies, 2017 Edited by Carolyn D. Dillian (Coastal Carolina University), Twenty-Five Years on the Cutting Edge of Obsidian Studies: Selected Readings from the IAOS Bulletin consists of 19 previously published articles from the International Association for Obsidian ...
Sean Dolan
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