Initial source evaluation of archaeological obsidian from the Kuril Islands of the Russian Far East using portable XRF
Obsidian artifacts recently have been recovered from 18 archaeological sites on eight islands across the Kuril Island archipelago in the North Pacific Ocean, suggesting a wide-ranging distribution of obsidian throughout the island chain over the last 2,500 years. Although there are no geologic sourc...
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ftsmithonian:oai:repository.si.edu:10088/8135 2023-05-15T16:59:07+02:00 Initial source evaluation of archaeological obsidian from the Kuril Islands of the Russian Far East using portable XRF Phillips, S. Colby Speakman, Robert Jeff 2009 322721 bytes application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10088/8135 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2009.01.014 en_US eng Journal of Archaeological Science Phillips, S. Colby and Speakman, Robert Jeff. 2009. " Initial source evaluation of archaeological obsidian from the Kuril Islands of the Russian Far East using portable XRF ." Journal of Archaeological Science . 36 (6):1256–1263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2009.01.014 0305-4403 http://hdl.handle.net/10088/8135 77756 doi:10.1016/j.jas.2009.01.014 Journal Article 2009 ftsmithonian https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2009.01.014 2020-09-09T18:30:40Z Obsidian artifacts recently have been recovered from 18 archaeological sites on eight islands across the Kuril Island archipelago in the North Pacific Ocean, suggesting a wide-ranging distribution of obsidian throughout the island chain over the last 2,500 years. Although there are no geologic sources of obsidian in the Kurils that are known to have been used prehistorically, sources exist in Hokkaido, Japan, and Kamchatka, Russia, the southern and northern geographic regions respectively from which obsidian may have entered the Kuril Islands. This paper reports on the initial sourcing attempt of Kuril Islands obsidian through the analysis of 131 obsidian artifacts. Data from this research were generated through the application of portable XRF technology, and are used to address research questions concerning prehistoric mobility, exchange, and social networking in the Kuril Islands. MCI Article in Journal/Newspaper Kamchatka Unknown Pacific Journal of Archaeological Science 36 6 1256 1263 |
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Obsidian artifacts recently have been recovered from 18 archaeological sites on eight islands across the Kuril Island archipelago in the North Pacific Ocean, suggesting a wide-ranging distribution of obsidian throughout the island chain over the last 2,500 years. Although there are no geologic sources of obsidian in the Kurils that are known to have been used prehistorically, sources exist in Hokkaido, Japan, and Kamchatka, Russia, the southern and northern geographic regions respectively from which obsidian may have entered the Kuril Islands. This paper reports on the initial sourcing attempt of Kuril Islands obsidian through the analysis of 131 obsidian artifacts. Data from this research were generated through the application of portable XRF technology, and are used to address research questions concerning prehistoric mobility, exchange, and social networking in the Kuril Islands. MCI |
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Initial source evaluation of archaeological obsidian from the Kuril Islands of the Russian Far East using portable XRF |
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Journal of Archaeological Science Phillips, S. Colby and Speakman, Robert Jeff. 2009. " Initial source evaluation of archaeological obsidian from the Kuril Islands of the Russian Far East using portable XRF ." Journal of Archaeological Science . 36 (6):1256–1263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2009.01.014 0305-4403 http://hdl.handle.net/10088/8135 77756 doi:10.1016/j.jas.2009.01.014 |
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