Considering the Arabian Neolithic through a reconstitution of interregional obsidian distribution patterns in the region

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-67

  Khalidi, Lamya ^a   Inizan, Marie Louise ^b   Gratuze, Bernard ^c   Crassard, Rémy ^a  

^a University Lumière Lyon 2   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Exchange mechanisms; Lithic technology; Neolithic; Obsidian sourcing; South Arabia

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; DATABASE; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; NEOLITHIC; OBSIDIAN; SOCIAL NETWORK;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SAUDI ARABIA; YEMEN;

EID: 84876718491     PISSN: 09057196     EISSN: 16000471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aae.12020     Document Type: Article

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