Buying local or ancient outsourcing? Locating production of prismatic obsidian blades in Bronze-Age Northern Mesopotamia

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 605-621

  Frahm, Ellery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronze Age; Canaanean blades; Craft specialisation; Lithic analysis; Northern Mesopotamia; Obsidian sourcing; Organisation of production; Prismatic blades

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BRONZE AGE; CRAFT PRODUCTION; OBSIDIAN; SPECIALIZATION; ARCHAEOLOGY; LITHIC FRAGMENT; OUTSOURCING;

ANATOLIA; EUPHRATES BASIN; MESOPOTAMIA; TURKEY;

EID: 84886259860     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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