An assessment of the current applications and future directions of obsidian sourcing studies in archaeological research

Archaeometry

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 779-793

  Freund, K P ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colonization; Cultural contact; Current applications; Exchange; Exotica; Future directions; Identity; Mobility; Obsidian sourcing; Procurement

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; COLONIZATION; OBSIDIAN; PROVENANCE;

EID: 84884137018     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2012.00708.x     Document Type: Article

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