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Title: | Sourcing obsidian from Tell Aswad and Qdeir 1 (Syria) by SEM-EDS and EDXRF: Methodological implications | Contributor(s): | Orange, Marie (author) ; Carter, Tristan (author); Le Bourdonnec, Francois-Xavier (author) | Publication Date: | 2013-03 | Early Online Version: | 2013-02-01 | Open Access: | Yes | DOI: | 10.1016/j.crpv.2012.11.001 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/28220 | Abstract: | While obsidian sourcing has long represented a powerful means of reconstructing past socio-economic interaction, the use of destructive techniques restricted most studies to analysing only a few artefacts per site. Non-destructive methods allow the characterization of much more material, thus providing more robust data upon which to base our archaeological interpretations. Here we report on one such study using EDXRF and SEM-EDS to analyse assemblages from Tell Aswad and Qdeir 1, two Syrian Neolithic sites. The study demonstrates for the first time that SEM-EDS can play an important role in discriminating Bingöl A and Nemrut Dağ sources, while the rapidity of EDXRF permits the analysis of a more statistically valid number of artefacts, providing a better impression of the assemblage. It enabled us to chart diachronic patterns in raw material procurement at Tell Aswad and detailed raw materials not recorded in a previous smaller-scale analysis of obsidian from Qdeir 1. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Comptes Rendus Palevol, 12(3), p. 173-180 | Publisher: | Elsevier Masson | Place of Publication: | France | ISSN: | 1777-571X 1631-0683 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 210102 Archaeological Science 210105 Archaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Levant |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 430104 Archaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Levant 430101 Archaeological science |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology 950504 Understanding Europe's Past |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 280113 Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences |
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