Archaeological Obsidian Studies

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Current Issues and Future Directions in Archaeological Volcanic Glass Studies

   • M. Steven Shackley

   Pages 1-14

3. A Systematic Approach to Obsidian Source Characterization

   • Michael D. Glascock, Geoffrey E. Braswell, Robert H. Cobean

   Pages 15-65

4. Mediterranean Islands and Multiple Flows

   • Robert H. Tykot

   Pages 67-82

5. Intrasource Chemical Variability and Secondary Depositional Processes

   • M. Steven Shackley

   Pages 83-102

6. Characterization of Archaeological Volcanic Glass from Oceania

   • Marshall I. Weisler, David A. Clague

   Pages 103-128

7. Application of PIXE-PIGME to Archaeological Analysis of Changing Patterns of Obsidian Use in West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

   • G. R. Summerhayes, J. R. Bird, R. Fullagar, C. Gosden, J. Specht, R. Torrence

   Pages 129-158

8. Factors Affecting the Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) Analysis of Archaeological Obsidian

   • M. Kathleen Davis, Thomas L. Jackson, M. Steven Shackley, Timothy Teague, Joachim H. Hampel

   Pages 159-180

9. Laboratory Obsidian Hydration Rates

   • Christopher M. Stevenson, James J. Mazer, Barry E. Scheetz

   Pages 181-204

10. Obsidian Hydration Dating at a Recent Age Obsidian Mining Site in Papua, New Guinea

    • W. R. Ambrose

    Pages 205-222

11. A 1990s Perspective on Method and Theory in Archaeological Volcanic Glass Studies

    • R. C. Green

    Pages 223-235

12. Back Matter

    Pages 237-243

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This volume is the third in the Advances in Archaeological and Museum Science series sponsored by the Society for Archaeological Sciences (SAS). The purpose of this series is to provide summaries of advances in various topics in ar­ chaeometry, archaeological science, environmental archaeology, preservation technology, and museum conservation. The SAS exists to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration between archaeologists and colleagues in the natural and physical sciences. SAS mem­ bers are drawn from many disciplinary fields. However, they all share a common belief that physical science techniques and methods constitute an essential component of contemporary archaeological field and laboratory studies. The series editors wish to thank the reviewers of each of the chapters in this volume for their excellent comments and suggestions. We also wish to thank Chriss jones for her invaluable assistance in the preparation of the texts for submission to the publisher. xi Preface As noted in the introductory chapter, this volume is the second major review of research progress in the study of archaeological obsidian. An earlier book, Advances in Obsidian Glass Studies: Archaeological and Geochemical Perspectives, appeared in 1976. A comparison of the treatment of topics reflected in this earlier work and that contained in this volume not only highlights important advances in the quality and depth of research on archaeological obsidian over more than a quarter of a century but also illustrates more generally some characteristics of developments in the archaeological science field in general.

• Glas
• Obsidian
• PIXE-PIGME
• archaeological analysis
• archaeological obsidian studies
• archaeometric theory
• geochemistry
• hydration analysis
• hydration dating
• methodology
• obsidian archaeometry
• obsidian hydration dating
• volcanic glass

`Clear and cogent....A useful state-of-the-art account of a rapidly developing field, accessible to a wide range of readers, upper-division undergraduate through professional.'
Choice, November 1998

• Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology and Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, USA

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