A comparative study of peralkaline obsidian sources of Pantelleria, Turkey, Yemen, Ethiopia and Tibesti has been carried out. Attempts have been made to establish the provenance of Neolithic and Bronze Age obsidian artifacts from The Yemen Arab Republic (Jabal Qufrân, Sirwâh, Miswah, Najid al-Abyadh, Wsdî Yanâ'im, Yalâ and the coastal plain of Tihâmah), from the Saudi Tihâmah, the FarasSn Islands, the Koka Lake shore (Shoa, Ethiopia) and the Tibesti Massif. Finally, the origin of the obsidian of a statuette from a Tell al-'Amârnah tomb (18th dynasty) has been investigated. The hypothesis'proposed by archaeologists, that might have been some obsidian trade across the Red Sea in Neolithic times, is supported : the majority of the obdidian art...
International audienceThe obsidian recovered at Cheikh Hassan from the PPNA and early PPNB levels wa...
We have analysed and determined the source of 138 fragments of neolithic obsidian coming from 36 sit...
International audienceThis paper details an integrated characterisation study of a substantial assem...
Knapped obsidian currently represents the first documented evidence for exchanges between Southern A...
The study of prehistoric trade and exchange networks in the Western Mediterranean is directly linked...
Obsidian is a volcanic glass which was highly prized in prehistoric times. Since its chemical compos...
The absence of obsidian sources in Egypt implies that obsidian excavated in f ourth millennium BC Up...
Jt\y~^\ pUil tJL» OllJu Jjli «ttiThe obsidian recovered at Cheikh Hassan from the PPNA and early PPN...
International audienceUntil recently, the western Arabian Peninsula has had an enigmatic role in the...
International audienceIn the present paper, it is shown that in the Hergla area (eastern Tunisia), o...
This paper presents the results of the geochemical analysis carried out on the obsidian artefacts di...
International audienceThe last decade has seen significant advancement in the geochemical ...
Obsidians from Grotta dell'Uzzo and Monte Cofano (Trapani, western Sicily) represent the first studi...
Recent excavations of Neolithic sites in the middle Euphrates have uncovered samples of obsidian. Th...
International audienceWe have analysed and determined the source of 138 fragments of neolithic obsid...
International audienceThe obsidian recovered at Cheikh Hassan from the PPNA and early PPNB levels wa...
We have analysed and determined the source of 138 fragments of neolithic obsidian coming from 36 sit...
International audienceThis paper details an integrated characterisation study of a substantial assem...
Knapped obsidian currently represents the first documented evidence for exchanges between Southern A...
The study of prehistoric trade and exchange networks in the Western Mediterranean is directly linked...
Obsidian is a volcanic glass which was highly prized in prehistoric times. Since its chemical compos...
The absence of obsidian sources in Egypt implies that obsidian excavated in f ourth millennium BC Up...
Jt\y~^\ pUil tJL» OllJu Jjli «ttiThe obsidian recovered at Cheikh Hassan from the PPNA and early PPN...
International audienceUntil recently, the western Arabian Peninsula has had an enigmatic role in the...
International audienceIn the present paper, it is shown that in the Hergla area (eastern Tunisia), o...
This paper presents the results of the geochemical analysis carried out on the obsidian artefacts di...
International audienceThe last decade has seen significant advancement in the geochemical ...
Obsidians from Grotta dell'Uzzo and Monte Cofano (Trapani, western Sicily) represent the first studi...
Recent excavations of Neolithic sites in the middle Euphrates have uncovered samples of obsidian. Th...
International audienceWe have analysed and determined the source of 138 fragments of neolithic obsid...
International audienceThe obsidian recovered at Cheikh Hassan from the PPNA and early PPNB levels wa...
We have analysed and determined the source of 138 fragments of neolithic obsidian coming from 36 sit...
International audienceThis paper details an integrated characterisation study of a substantial assem...