INTERDISCIPLINARIA ARCHAEOLOGICA NATURAL SCIENCES IN ARCHAEOLOGY
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Sourcing Obsidian from Late Neolithic Sites on the Great Hungarian Plain: Preliminary p-XRF Compositional Results and the Socio-Cultural Implications
Danielle J. Riebea* aThe Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT
Article history: rd Accepted: 18th Key words: P-XRF Analysis obsidian sourcing data to determine artefact provenance. By sourcing the obsidian chipped stone tools, it is possible prehistoric European archaeology patterns of exploitation socio-cultural boundaries during the Late Neolithic.
1. Introduction to model chipped stone tool variation at the regional scale Chipped stone tool analysis is an essential aspect of prehistoric archaeological research throughout Europe, of chipped stone tools in the region has been traditionally especially in regard to reconstructing developments in determined through macroscopic analysis (see Biró, 1984; a very homogenous material that has a large visual spectrum, et al. in turn can result in misinterpretations regarding material et al. chipped stone tools from Neolithic sites throughout the Great Hungarian Plain have been used to understand individual obsidian sources have made it possible to geochemically et al. et al. et al., et al. et al. et al. et al. et al.
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