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Provenance Analyses of the Volcanic Rock Grinding Stones from the G reek C olony of S elinunte, S icily ( I taly)—Constraints and Possibilities
Author(s) -
Gluhak T. M.,
Schwall C.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
archaeometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-4754
pISSN - 0003-813X
DOI - 10.1111/arcm.12086
Subject(s) - provenance , petrography , geology , lava , volcano , volcanic rock , geochemistry , aeolian processes , archaeology , grinding , trace element , paleontology , geography , mechanical engineering , engineering
The petrography as well as the major and trace element compositions of the S elinunte grinding stones, made of grey vesicular lava, were analysed. By comparison with geochemical data from volcanic rocks in the M editerranean, we were able to determine that only a minor number of the tools were extracted from the nearest volcanics of M ount E tna and the H yblean M ountains, while the majority of the grinding stones were most probably imported from the A eolian I slands, although an origin from the A egean cannot be excluded entirely. The results are important in order to scrutinize trading connections, especially for the earlier times of settlement during the sixth century bc .