Obsidian types from Holocene sites around Lake Turkana, and other localities in northern Kenya

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1371-1376

  Nash, Barbara P ^a   Merrick, Harry V ^b   Brown, Francis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifact; Electron microprobe; Jarigole; Kenya; Lake Turkana; Obsidian; Pastoral Neolithic

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; FAUNA; HOLOCENE; NEOLITHIC; OBSIDIAN; PASTORALISM;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; KENYA; LAKE TURKANA; RIFT VALLEY; SUGUTA VALLEY;

EID: 79954631121     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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