From flow to quarry: Magnetic properties of obsidian and changing the scale of archaeological sourcing

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3706-3721

  Frahm, Ellery ^a   Feinberg, Joshua M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Obsidian; Rock magnetism; Sourcing; Southwest Asia

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; OBSIDIAN; QUARRYING;

EID: 84878838331     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.04.029     Document Type: Article

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