Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene seafaring in the Aegean: New obsidian hydration dates with the SIMS-SS method

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2475-2479

  Laskaris, N ^a   Sampson, A ^a   Mavridis, F ^b   Liritzis, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b MINISTRY OF CULTURE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Early Holocene; Late Pleistocene; Obsidian hydration dating; Seafaring; SIMS SS

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; HOLOCENE; NEOLITHIC; OBSIDIAN; PLEISTOCENE;

AEGEAN SEA; CYCLADAS; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MILOS; SOUTHERN AEGEAN;

EID: 79960109307     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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