Obsidian archaeological artefacts provenance studies in the Western Mediterranean basin: an approach by Mossbauer spectroscopy and electron paramagnetic resonance
Rb. Scorzelli et al., Obsidian archaeological artefacts provenance studies in the Western Mediterranean basin: an approach by Mossbauer spectroscopy and electron paramagnetic resonance, CR AC S IIA, 332(12), 2001, pp. 769-776
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23
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES SERIE II FASCICULE A-SCIENCES DELA TERRE ET DES PLANETES
We studied by Fe-57 Mossbauer spectroscopy and EPR 11 obsidian samples from
the islands of Lipari, Palmarola, Pantelleria and Sardinia (Western Medite
rranean), 26 obsidian artefacts from Italian Neolithic sites of known origi
n and eight artefacts from the two sites of the Lipari and Filicudi islands
whose origins were not previously determined. We show that structural fing
erprinting may be considered a viable alternative to formation age or geoch
emical characterization in obsidian provenance studies in the Neolithic of
Western Mediterranean and brings provenance attributions to archaeological
obsidians from the Filicudi Eolian island. (C) 2001 Academie des sciences /
Editions scientifiques et medicates Elsevier SAS.