Obsidian Hydration Dating of Archaeological Artifacts from the Middle East : Characterizing Compositional Variations of Potential Volcanic Sources.
Abstract
Archaeological artifacts from the Middle East offer important insights into the evolution of early human civilization. This study documents the initial water content of 96 individual volcanic flows in the Middle East, and measures the diffusion rate of the advancing hydration rim to date and locate the source of several obsidian artifacts from the Middle East.
Subject
Archaeology--Middle East
Middle East--Antiquities
Archaeological dating
Hydration rind dating
Obsidian--Middle East
Posters
Permanent Link
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/31797Type
Presentation
Description
Color poster with text, pictures, and graphs describing research conducted by Giselle Conde and Jenny Sisko, advised by Phillip D. Ihinger and Ellery Frahm.