A map of the Monte Arci (Sardinia Island, Western Mediterranean) obsidian primary to secondary sources. Implications for Neolithic provenance studies
Authors:
- Carlo LuglièCLCarlo Lugliè
- François-Xavier Le BourdonnecFBFrançois-Xavier Le Bourdonnec
- Sandro MeloniSMSandro Meloni
- Massimo OddoneMOMassimo Oddone
- Giuseppa TandaGTGiuseppa Tanda
Open Access
- 1 December 2006
- journal article
- Published by Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle in Comptes Rendus Palevol
- Vol. 5 (8) , 995-1003
Abstract
Four types of obsidians from the Monte Arci volcanic complex (Sardinia) were used by Neolithic men in the North Tyrrhenian\ud area of the western Mediterranean. A map of their occurrences from primary sources (mother rocks) to distant secondary deposits\ud in the surrounding plains is presented. Some 1457 specimens were macroscopically characterized and in addition ~15% of them\ud fingerprinted from their elemental compositions as determined by electron microprobe, neutron activation analysis or ion beam\ud analysis. The results show that secondary sources, up to now largely neglected in provenance studies of ‘archaeological’ obsidians\ud will have from now to be taken into accountKeywords
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