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Trace Element Characteristics of Central Anatolian Obsidian Flows and Their Relevence to Pre‐History
Author(s) -
Yellin Joseph
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
israel journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.908
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1869-5868
pISSN - 0021-2148
DOI - 10.1002/ijch.199500025
Subject(s) - archaeology , neutron activation analysis , trace element , chemistry , prehistory , tracing , neutron activation , sampling (signal processing) , mineralogy , geology , geochemistry , geography , neutron , radiochemistry , computer science , operating system , physics , filter (signal processing) , quantum mechanics , computer vision
This report concerns the chemical characterization of obsidian sources from Central Anatolia by neutron activation analysis. The sources covered in this study were Göllü Dağ, Hotamiş Dağ, Köru Dağ, Nenezi Dağ, and Çatköy. The study reported here was undertaken with the object of obtaining an accurate “fingerprint” of the compositions of obsidian sources that would permit tracing the origin of archaeological obsidian artifacts to their sources, and in particular, archaeological obsidian recovered from prehistoric sites in Israel. The extent of the sampling within the sources was more thorough than hitherto reported and the results are of high precision and accuracy.