Tracing the source of obsidian from prehistoric sites in Bulgaria

Bulgarian e-Journal of Archaeology

Radka Zlateva-Uzunova¹  Vladimir Slavchev²  Maria Gurova³  Georgi Ivanov³  Aneta Bakamska⁴  Georgi Ganetsovski⁵  Nedko Elenski⁶  Clive Bonsall⁷ 

[1] Earth and Man National Museum, 4 Cherni vrah Bld., 1421 Sofia;Museum of Archaeology, 41 Maria Louisa Blvd., 9000 Varna;National Institute of Archaeology with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Saborna Str., 1000 Sofia;Regional Museum of History, 2 Fizkulturna Str., 2300 Pernik;Regional Museum of History, 2 Hristo Botev Sq., 3000 Vratsa;Regional Museum of History, 6 Nikola Pikolo Str., 5000 Veliko Tarnovo;School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG

关键词: Obsidian;    Bulgaria;    source determination;    pXRF;    Early Neolithic;    Late Chalcolithic;   

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学科分类：地球科学(综合)

来源: Asotsiatsiya na Bulgarskite Arkheolozi

【 摘 要 】

Portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometry was used to obtain source determinations for 11 obsidian artefacts from five archaeological sites in Bulgaria. The results show that all the archaeological specimens can be linked to obsidian sources in the Carpathian Mountains in the border region between Hungary and Slovakia. Obsidian from the C2E source in Hungary occurred in very early Neolithic contexts at Dzhulyunitsa, while the majority of samples from later contexts at Ohoden, Dzherman and Varna came mainly from the Slovakian (C1) source. The data hint at a shift from the use of C2 obsidian in the Neolithic before 5900 cal BC, to a preference for C1 obsidian in later periods – however, more finds and better contextual and chronological data are required to verify this trend.

【 授权许可】

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