L'obsidienne au Proche et Moyen Orient : du volcan à l'outil

Author(s)

• Cauvin, M.-C. (Marie-Claire)
• Maison de l'Orient méditerranéen (Lyon, France)

Bibliographic Information

L'obsidienne au Proche et Moyen Orient : du volcan à l'outil

édité par M.-C. Cauvin ... [et al.]

（BAR international series, 738）

Archaeopress, 1998

Note

Includes bibliographical references

At head of title: Maison de l'Orient méditerranéen

Text in French with an English foreword

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Sixteen papers discuss the significance of early trade and exchange in obsidian in the Near and Middle East, new advances in methodology and in the identification of sources that are making such research possible. Includes papers on geology, methods of characterisation, dating, provenance studies of obsidian artefacts, and studies of the nature and distribution of artefacts.

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Details

• NCID: BA4179205X
• ISBN:
  • 0860549313
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: fre
• Text Language Code: fre
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: 388 p.
• Size: 30 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 930.10285
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Obsidian -- Middle East
  • LCSH : Obsidian mines and mining -- Middle East
  • LCSH : Excavations (Archaeology) -- Middle East
  • LCSH : Archaeological dating
  • LCSH : Petrology in archaeology
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00388836