A new programme of obsidian characterization at Çatalhöyük, Turkey

Tristan Carter; Gérard Poupeau; Céline Bressy; Nicholas J. G. Pearce

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2005.10.023

A new programme of obsidian characterization at Çatalhöyük, Turkey

Tristan Carter, Gérard Poupeau, Céline Bressy, Nicholas J. G. Pearce

Department of Geography and Earth Sciences

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Abstract

This paper details the chemical sourcing of 135 obsidian artefacts from Çatalhöyük, a Neolithic site in central Anatolia, the trace-elemental analyses being undertaken in two laboratories using ICP-MS, ICP-AES and LA-ICP-MS. The material is assigned to three sources in Cappadocia: Göllü Dağ-east, Nenezi Dağ and Acıgöl West. The various interrelationships of technology, raw material and date are considered, the data suggesting an increased reliance upon the Nenezi Dağ source in the latter part of the Early Neolithic, a shift that coincides with, and is related to, the introduction of new blade technologies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	893-909
Number of pages	17
Journal	Journal of Archaeological Science
Volume	33
Issue number	7
Early online date	24 Jan 2006
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2005.10.023
Publication status	Published - 01 Jun 2006

Keywords

obsidian sourcing
ICP-AES
ICP-MS
laser ablation
Çatalhöyük
neolithic
Central Anatolia

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