On the provenance of prehistoric obsidian artifacts in South Korea

Quaternary International

Volumn 392, Issue , 2016, Pages 37-43

  Yi, Seonbok ^a   Jwa, Yong Joo ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Korea; Northeast Asia; Obsidian; Prehistory; Provenance

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD ISOTOPE; NEOLITHIC; OBSIDIAN; PREHISTORIC; PROVENANCE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

NORTHEAST ASIA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84940116754     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.08.012     Document Type: Article

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