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Obsidians from occurrences located in Armenia have been analysed using neut
ron activation analysis, both instrumental and epithermal, in order to enha
nce the knowledge of characteristics of potential sources of raw material e
xploited during prehistory. An alternative characterization technique, the
fission-track dating method, was also applied. Results contribute to increa
se the data-set for provenance studies of prehistoric obsidian artifacts in
the Mediterranean and adjacent regions.