New data on the exploitation of obsidian in the southern Caucasus (Armenia, Georgia) and eastern Turkey, Part 2: Obsidian procurement from the upper palaeolithic to the late bronze age

Archaeometry

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-69

  Chataigner, C ^a   Gratuze, B ^b  

^a University Lumière Lyon 2   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Armenia; Bronze age; Eastern Turkey; Geographic information system (GIS); Georgia; LA ICP MS analyses; Lesser caucasus; Mesolithic; Neolithic; Obsidian procurement; Upper palaeolithic

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BRONZE AGE; GIS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MESOLITHIC; OBSIDIAN; PALEOLITHIC;

ARMENIA [WEST ASIA]; CAUCASUS; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); TURKEY;

EID: 84892431891     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/arcm.12007     Document Type: Article

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