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English summary: This edited volume gathers papers which follow innovative approaches in obsidian studies in order to revive the debate on procurement strategies, knapping and use of this raw material, which remains in some sites the predominant source of exotica. The geo-chronological frame of the book is intentionally broad, covering a span from the 8th to the 1st mill. BC and a large area from the Central Mediterranean to the Caucasus, including original data on obsidian from sites and geological sources in Georgia, Armenia, Anatolia, Aegean and Italy. The aim of this volume is to compare, at a large scale, the strategies employed by the farmers to exploit obsidian in different socio-cultural and environmental settings and to identify the main parameters that conditioned the exploitation of this raw material. Moreover, the topic is investigated through multiple scales: from a large region to a single house level. This volume therefore brings new contributions, which are targeting the issues of obsidian provenance performed with XRF and Neutron Activation Analyses (NAA), and production and use through techno-typological and functional, use-wear analyses. Finally, subsistence strategies, socio-economic contexts and symbolism are largely discussed by addressing obsidian as a key element in chipped stone assemblages across a wide area, which once again proves to have had a significant role in understanding the onset of farming societies and their local and regional developments and transformations through time. German description: Dieser Band bietet eine Zusammenstellung von Beitragen, die innovative Ansatze in der Obsidianforschung verfolgen und Fragen zu Beschaffungsstrategien, Steinbearbeitung und Verwendung dieses Rohstoffs, der an einigen Fundorten die wichtigste externe Rohmaterialquelle darstellt, diskutieren. Der geochronologische Rahmen des Buches ist absichtlich weit gefasst und deckt einen Zeitraum vom 8. bis zum 1. Jh. v. Chr. sowie ein grosses Gebiet vom zentralen Mittelmeerraum bis zum Kaukasus ab, einschliesslich Primardaten zu Obsidian aus Fundstellen und geologischen Quellen in Georgien, Armenien, Anatolien, der Agais und Italien. Ziel dieses Bandes ist es, die von den fruhen Ackerbauern angewandten Strategien zur Gewinnung von Obsidian in verschiedenen soziokulturellen und okologischen Kontexten in grossem Massstab zu vergleichen und die wichtigsten Parameter zu ermitteln, die die Nutzung dieses Rohstoffs beeinflussten. Daruber hinaus wird das Thema auf mehreren Ebenen untersucht: von einer grossen Region bis hin zu einem einzelnen Haus. Dieser Band enthalt neue Beitrage, die sich mit der Herkunft des Obsidians mittels XRF- und Neutronenaktivierungsanalysen (NAA) sowie mit der Produktion und Verwendung mithilfe techno-typologischer, funktionaler und Gebrauchsspurenanalysen befassen. Schliesslich werden Subsistenzstrategien, soziookonomische Kontexte und Symbolik umfassend diskutiert, indem Obsidian als Schlusselelement in geschlagenen Steinartefakte-Inventaren in einem weiten Gebiet behandelt wird. Dies zeigt einmal mehr seine bedeutende Rolle fur das Verstandnis der Anfange bauerlicher Gesellschaften und ihrer lokalen und regionalen Entwicklungen und Transformationen im Laufe der Zeit.


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  • ISBN-13: 9783700193241
  • Publisher: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
  • Binding: Hardback
  • No of Pages: 27
  • Sub Title: From the Caucasus to the Mediterranean
  • ISBN-10: 3700193246
  • Publisher Date: 21 Aug 2024
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 1146 gr


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