Possible obsidian sources for artifacts from Timor: narrowing the options using chemical data

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 607-615

  Ambrose, Wal ^a   Allen, Charlotte ^a   O'Connor, Sue ^a   Spriggs, Matthew ^a   Oliveira, Nuno Vasco ^a   Reepmeyer, Christian ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemical analysis; Obsidian artifacts; Timor natural glasses

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; OBSIDIAN; RHYOLITE;

ASIA; BANDA ARC; BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; INDONESIAN SEAS; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; MALAYSIA; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SABAH; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA ARC; SUNDA ISLES; TIMOR;

EID: 58149279277     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.09.022     Document Type: Article

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