Obsidian provenance studies in the far eastern and northeastern regions of Russia and exchange networks in the prehistory of Northeast Asia

• Published in: Documenta Praehistorica
• Main Author: Yaroslav V. Kuzmin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2019
• Subjects: provenance study; prehistoric exchange; far eastern Russia; Northeastern Siberia; obsidian; Archaeology; CC1-960; Arctic; Kamchatka Peninsula; Kolyma; Chukotka; Kamchatka; kolyma river; Sakhalin; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.46.18; https://doaj.org/article/021035bb6b1d4bdca073e892f8035350

This overview is based on the results of 25+ years of provenance studies to identify the sources of high-quality volcanic glass (obsidian) in prehistoric cultural complexes of the far eastern and northeastern regions of Russia (Maritime Province, the Amur River basin, Sakhalin Island, the Kurile Isl...