Melian obsidian in NW Turkey: Evidence for early Neolithic trade

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dc.authoridGRATUZE, Bernard/0000-0001-6136-8085
dc.contributor.authorPerles, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorTakaoglu, Turan
dc.contributor.authorGratuze, Bernard
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T21:19:19Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T21:19:19Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractArchaeological investigations carried out at the Early Neolithic coastal site of Coskuntepe in northwestern Turkey yielded an assemblage of 110 obsidian artifacts displaying the macroscopic characteristics of the well-known obsidian deposits on the Cycladic island of Melos. Analysis of three samples from this homogeneous obsidian assemblage using both X-Ray Fluorescence and Laser Ablation High Resolution Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry confirmed that these artifacts were derived from Melos. The presence of these Melian obsidian artifacts at Coskuntepe, along with a few pieces with central Anatolian macroscopic characteristics, is intriguing because intensive production of tools made of local flint was also identified at the site through the analysis of surface scatters. This finding raises the question of the status of obsidian and associated procurement systems. The presence of obsidian can be also used to argue that certain coastal villages acted as nodes of exchange for Aegean seafarers at times in the late 7th millennium B.C.
dc.identifier.doi10.1179/009346910X12707321242313
dc.identifier.endpage49
dc.identifier.issn0093-4690
dc.identifier.issn2042-4582
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-79953701385
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage42
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1179/009346910X12707321242313
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/28542
dc.identifier.volume36
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000289156000003
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Field Archaeology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectCoskuntepe
dc.subjectGreece
dc.subjectMelos
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.subjectNeolithic
dc.subjectobsidian
dc.subjecttrade
dc.titleMelian obsidian in NW Turkey: Evidence for early Neolithic trade
dc.typeArticle

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