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THE IDENTIFICATION OF NEW GUINEA OBSIDIANS
Author(s) -
Key C. A.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
archaeology and physical anthropology in oceania
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.501
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1834-4453
pISSN - 0003-8121
DOI - 10.1002/j.1834-4453.1969.tb00076.x
Subject(s) - new guinea , prehistory , bay , archaeology , volcano , geology , natural (archaeology) , geography , paleontology , history , ethnology
Spectrographic determinations of the minor element content of prehistoric obsidian artifacts are compared with those of natural glasses from known volcanic sources in the Territory of Papua New Guinea. Watom Island artifacts are shown to be made from Talasea obsidian and artifacts found on the Trobriand Islands and at Collingwood Bay from Fergusson Island obsidian. The methods and results are discussed.