Obsidian

Cappadocian Obsidian Exchange Networks in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A: A Southern Levantine Perspective from El-Hemmeh (Jordan)

Anatolian obsidian is ubiquitous, but present in only scant amounts, in lithic assemblages recovered from Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) settlements of the southern Levant. These …

Spherulites and Aspiring Elites: The Identification, Distribution, and Consumption of Giali Obsidian (Dodecanese, Greece).

Archaeological Approaches to Obsidian Quarries: Investigations at the Quispisisa Source

The Character and Use of the Soros Hill Obsidian Source, Antiparos (Greece)

Investigaciones En La Fuente de La Obsidiana Tipo Quispisisa, Huancasancos- Ayacucho

Daniel A. Contreras

• Jan 1, 2012 • 1 min read

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Quarrying Evidence at the Quispisisa Obsidian Source, Ayacucho, Peru

Artifacts made from Quispisisa obsidian are widely disseminated in the Peruvian Andes, but the geological source of the Quispisisa geochemical type was only recently located in …