Initial source evaluation of archaeological obsidian from the Kuril Islands of the Russian Far East using portable XRF

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1256-1263

  Phillips, S Colby ^a   Speakman, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MUSEUM CONSERVATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exchange networks; Hokkaido, Kamchatka; Kuril Islands; Obsidian; XRF

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; OBSIDIAN; PREHISTORIC; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; KAMCHATKA; KURIL ISLANDS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHALIN;

EID: 61749091374     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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