Geochemical provenance of obsidian artefacts from the MSA site of Porc Epic, Ethiopia

Archaeometry

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-12

  Negash, Agazi ^a   Shackley, M S ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Geochemistry; Middle stone age; Modern human behaviour; Obsidian; XRF

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; MESOLITHIC; OBSIDIAN; STONE AGE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; PORC EPIC; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33644748266     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2006.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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