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Alberto, Enrique Pérez, Giesso Martín, D. Glascock Michael, and J. Sauer Jacob. "Obsidianas Yuco en los lagos y bosques andinos norpatagónicos: caracterización geoquímica, procedencia y distribución espaciotemporal (1000-500 AP)." Arqueologia Iberoamericana 52 (October 6, 2023): 98–108. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8404060.

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En este trabajo nos centramos en la obtención y distribución de la obsidiana tipo Yuco, así como en lo que la diferencia de otras circulaciones de obsidianas en la región, particularmente su carácter lacustre/perilacustre. Sin embargo, el hallazgo de obsidiana Yuco en ambientes boscosos ubicados a 260 km al sur de la fuente, la ausencia de su registro en puntos intermedios como Traful y Nahuel Huapi, al igual que su inexistencia al oeste de la cordillera, nos invita a reflexionar sobre la tardía ocupación humana de los bosques patagónicos
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MacDonald, Douglas H., Elizabeth A. Horton, and Todd A. Surovell. "COUGAR CREEK: QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF OBSIDIAN USE IN THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM." American Antiquity 84, no. 1 (2019): 158–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/aaq.2018.76.

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With more than 15 sources of obsidian and other lithic materials, the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem of Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho is one of the richest toolstone regions in northwestern North America. This article introduces a quantitative assessment technique to compare attributes of seven Yellowstone obsidians used by Native Americans over at least 11,000 years. The proposed assessment technique is replicable and adaptable to other regions. This article also analyzes the procurement, use, and distribution of the poorly studied Cougar Creek obsidian. Archaeological research documented Cougar
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Giovanny, Sierra-Vargas, Montes Luis, and Almanza Ovidio. "Estudio del origen de algunas piezas arqueológicas elaboradas con obsidianas prehispánicas de Colombia usando fluorescencia de rayos X." Arqueologia Iberoamericana 51 (March 25, 2023): 57–67. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7761975.

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Mediante fluorescencia de rayos X (FRX), se analizaron piezas arqueológicas hechas de obsidiana y muestras geológicas de obsidiana con el fin de discernir su ignoto origen. La obsidiana se produce en volcanes durante la expulsión y rápido enfriamiento de lava félsica con mínimo crecimiento de cristales. Los sitios de muestreo arqueológico están en el área de influencia de la cultura San Agustín, específicamente en el sitio conocido como Mesitas, ubicado dentro del Parque Arqueológico de San Agustín,
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Martin, Franco Foresta, Silvio G. Rotolo, Manuela Nazzari, and Maria Luisa Carapezza. "Chlorine as a Discriminant Element to Establish the Provenance of Central Mediterranean Obsidians." Open Archaeology 6, no. 1 (2020): 454–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/opar-2020-0124.

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Abstract Chlorine is a minor element present in obsidians in quantities greater than in average igneous rocks. The chlorine concentration in obsidians is generally low, of the order of tenths of wt %, but it exhibits an appreciable differentiation among geological sources. Despite these characteristics, chlorine has rarely been taken into consideration as a possible indicator of obsidian provenance and it does not appear in the chemical analytical tables accompanying the geochemical characterisation of obsidian samples. In this work, after an overview of chlorine geochemistry and cycle, we pre
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Church, Tim, and Carlos Caraveo. "The Magnetic Susceptibility of Southwestern Obsidian: An Exploratory Study." North American Archaeologist 17, no. 4 (1997): 271–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/qg75-mvkt-he33-5vaq.

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The magnetic properties of volcanic glass and obsidian have long been known. Selected magnetic properties have proven useful discriminators among eastern Mediterranean obsidian sources. A recent exploratory study of the magnetic susceptibility of Southwestern obsidians indicates that it may prove a useful tool in this region also. Magnetic measurements of samples from many of the major obsidian sources in the Southwest were analyzed in an exploratory study of the technique and the resulting data are presented here. The technique and its limitations are also discussed.
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Moholy-Nagy, Hattula, and Fred W. Nelson. "New Data on Sources of Obsidian Artifacts from Tikal, Guatemala." Ancient Mesoamerica 1, no. 1 (1990): 71–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0956536100000080.

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AbstractIn 1984, 29 obsidian artifacts and an unworked nodule from Tikal were attributed to source by visual means and then analyzed by X-ray fluorescence (XRF). We conclude that the considerable within-source optical variability of gray Mesoamerican obsidians makes visual sourcing unreliable at present, although a corpus of descriptions of the optical characteristics of obsidian may eventually provide a way to exclude possible sources. The XRF analysis identified two additional central Mexican sources, bringing to six the number of Mexican obsidian sources represented at Tikal; failed to prov
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Negash, Agazi. "Obsidian in Ethiopia: a Geoarchaeological perspective." SINET: Ethiopian Journal of Science 45, no. 3 (2022): 369–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/sinet.v45i3.11.

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In Ethiopia, obsidian is mainly found in the Afar Depression and the Main Ethiopian Rift. The compositional and petrological features of these obsidians vary. Some volcanic centers show that varying volcanic eruptions from a single center may not necessarily imply variable chemistry. Obsidian has been dated using K/Ar, Ar/Ar, and fission track methods to determine the time of eruption but there are also a few dates on artifacts by hydration dating to establish the time of tool manufacture. Many of the geological sources were utilized by prehistoric populations beginning at least since the Earl
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Corinne, N. Rosania, T. Boulanger Matthew, T. Biró Katalin, Ryzhov Sergey, Trnka Gerhard, and D. Glascock Michael. "Revisiting Carpathian obsidian." Antiquity 82, no. 318 (2008): 1986–88. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1200146.

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Archaeological interest in sourcing obsidian artefacts has increased exponentially since Renfrew’s ground-breaking work with Aegean obsidian (Renfrew et al. 1965; Aspinall et al. 1972). Although Mediterranean obsidian has received the lion’s share of attention, sources in Central and Eastern Europe have recently become the focus of characterisation efforts. This is timely—Carpathian obsidian was first exploited during the Middle Paleolithic, and was traded widely throughout Europe during later times (Williams Thorpe et al. 1984, Kilikoglou et al. 1996). Identifying Carpathian
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Mazer, J. J., C. M. Stevenson, W. L. Ebert, and J. K. Bates. "The Experimental Hydration of Obsidian as a Function of Relative Humidity and Temperature." American Antiquity 56, no. 3 (1991): 504–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/280898.

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The experimental hydration of obsidian for up to 30 days is described at relative humidities (RH) of 60, 90, 95, and 100 percent and at temperatures of 150, 160, and 175°C. Under isothermal conditions, the rate of hydration increased by as much as 25 percent between 60 and 100 percent RH. The RH dependence is nonlinear, with the majority of the rate increase occurring between 90 and 100 percent RH. The effect of RH can be related to the driving force for molecular water diffusion in obsidians as described by the chemical potential difference between water sorbed onto the obsidian surface and i
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Moholy-Nagy, Hattula. "Source Attribution and the Utilization of Obsidian in the Maya Area." Latin American Antiquity 14, no. 3 (2003): 301–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3557562.

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AbstractAssignment by instrument of Maya obsidian artifacts to geological sources has demonstrated the presence of several sources and variations in their distribution over time and space. Of special interest is the minor, but long-standing, presence of green and gray obsidian from Central Mexico. More attributions of large, carefully selected samples are necessary to continue the considerable progress already achieved in understanding Maya obsidian procurement and use. However, assignment by visual means is not an appropriate method for the Maya area because of the range of optical characteri
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Obsidian"

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Leger, Travis. "A Spectre in Polished Obsidian." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2011. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/126.

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The author joins the Peace Corps in the hopes that he will discover who he really is yet he only finds frustration. Upon returning to the States he has a daughter and finds peace. Within this peace, as he types up the life history of a friend, he finally makes a breakthrough, yet the answer he finds is not to his liking.
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Maeda, Osamu. "The materiality of obsidian and the practice of obsidian use in the neolithic near east." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.506237.

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This thesis investigates the social significance of obsidian use in the Neolithic Near East. However, unlike many traditional studies, its aim is neither to study the formal patterns of obsidian exchange nor to clarify the regional and chronological variation of obsidian artefacts. Instead, it approaches the issue of the use of obsidian from an interpretative perspective that conceives of it as 'material practice' through which social relationships between communities were constructed.
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Vargo, Barbara A. "Characterization Of Obsidian Sources In Pantelleria, Italy." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2003. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0000217.

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Healey, Elizabeth Anne. "Role of obsidian in the late Halaf." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2000. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.488043.

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Fowler, Benjamin L. "Obsidian Toolstone Conveyance: Southern Idaho Forager Mobility." DigitalCommons@USU, 2014. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/3904.

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The purpose of this study is to understand how prehistoric people moved around the landscape and used major stone tool resources throughout the last 10,000 yr. B.P. in southern Idaho. Similar research has been reported in the Great Basin and western Wyoming and this study continues to fill the map with data about how large regions of the western United States were used prehistorically. This study specifically examined whether or not prehistoric mobility changed according to wet and dry climatic shifts. Based on these shifts archaeologists expect the regions people used to expand or shrink usin
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Moutsiou, Theodora. "The obsidian evidence for the scale of social life during the Palaeolithic." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2011. http://repository.royalholloway.ac.uk/items/4d9fed49-b0e5-9e03-1ada-20588eaf31d4/9/.

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The social aspect of modern hominin behaviour is a neglected subject within recent Palaeolithic research. This thesis addresses this issue arguing that modern social behaviour is reflected in the hominin ability to create and maintain extended social networks where relatedness is successfully sustained in absentia. Archaeologically, modern social behaviour can be detected through the investigation of raw material movement. This thesis argues that by concentrating on materials that are rare, distinctive and their origins can be securely identified it is possible to reconstruct the dimensions of
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Morgan, Jessica Anne. "Obsidian Source Selection in the Early Bronze Age Cyclades." Scholar Commons, 2015. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5746.

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From excavations of burial complexes of the Early Bronze Age Cyclades (c. 3000-2200 BC) we know that obsidian was just as important and as widely consumed in burial contexts as it was in contemporaneous household contexts; Early Bronze Age Cycladic tomb assemblages are dominated by beautiful obsidian blades produced through a unique knapping technique reserved for burial contexts (Carter 2007; Dickinson 1994). The lack of sourcing studies in the area is an unfortunate pitfall in Aegean archaeology, as understanding patterns of source selection provides us with precious insight into the complex
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Krueger, Elizabeth A. S. B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Characterization of Kenyan obsidian through analysis of magnetic properties." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/89968.

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Thesis: S.B. in Archaeology and Materials, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2014.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-49).<br>Obsidian is known to have been used for tool making in Kenya since the Early Stone Age, appearing as early as 974 thousand years ago (Durkee and Brown, in press). Past research has shown that the study of obsidian artifacts, and the determination of their provenance, can be very useful in reconstructing past civilizations and analyzing the spread of technology an
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Hurcombe, Linda Mary. "Microwear analysis of obsidian chipped stone tools in the western Mediterranean." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.309347.

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Conolly, James. "The Çatalhöyük flint and obsidian industry : technology and typology in context /." Oxford : Archaeopress : British archaeological reports, 1999. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37180624t.

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Books on the topic "Obsidian"

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Day, Diane. Obsidian. Pocket Books, 1987.

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Day, Diane. Obsidian. Pocket Books, 1987.

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Hāẏadāra, Dāuda. Obsidian. Rupa & Co., 2003.

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Oliver, Teagan. Obsidian. Thorndike Press, 2008.

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Oliver, Teagan. Obsidian. Five Star, 2007.

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Quick, Amanda. Obsidian prey. Jove Books, 2009.

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Quick, Amanda. Obsidian prey. Wheeler Pub., 2009.

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Quick, Amanda. Obsidian prey. Wheeler Pub., 2009.

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Kinney, Rhonye. Obsidian Fates: Obsidian Series. Independently Published, 2018.

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MCSPADDE. Obsidian Tide: Obsidian Tide. Morgan James Publishing, 2023.

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Book chapters on the topic "Obsidian"

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Friedman, Irving, Fred W. Trembour, and Richard E. Hughes. "Obsidian Hydration Dating." In Chronometric Dating in Archaeology. Springer US, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9694-0_10.

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Liritzis, Ioannis. "Obsidian Hydration Dating." In Encyclopedia of Scientific Dating Methods. Springer Netherlands, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6326-5_39-1.

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Liritzis, Ioannis. "Obsidian Hydration Dating." In Encyclopedia of Scientific Dating Methods. Springer Netherlands, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6304-3_39.

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Lauff, Werner. "Das Multitool Obsidian." In Toolbox: Perfekt schreiben, reden, moderieren, präsentieren. Schäffer-Poeschel, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.34156/978-3-7910-5860-3_1.

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Shackley, M. Steven. "Current Issues and Future Directions in Archaeological Volcanic Glass Studies." In Archaeological Obsidian Studies. Springer US, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9276-8_1.

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Green, R. C. "A 1990s Perspective on Method and Theory in Archaeological Volcanic Glass Studies." In Archaeological Obsidian Studies. Springer US, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9276-8_10.

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Glascock, Michael D., Geoffrey E. Braswell, and Robert H. Cobean. "A Systematic Approach to Obsidian Source Characterization." In Archaeological Obsidian Studies. Springer US, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9276-8_2.

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Tykot, Robert H. "Mediterranean Islands and Multiple Flows." In Archaeological Obsidian Studies. Springer US, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9276-8_3.

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Shackley, M. Steven. "Intrasource Chemical Variability and Secondary Depositional Processes." In Archaeological Obsidian Studies. Springer US, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9276-8_4.

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Weisler, Marshall I., and David A. Clague. "Characterization of Archaeological Volcanic Glass from Oceania." In Archaeological Obsidian Studies. Springer US, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9276-8_5.

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Conference papers on the topic "Obsidian"

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Horváth, Ildikó. "Exploring Personalized Information Organization Strategies Using Obsidian in Higher Education." In 2024 IEEE 15th International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications (CogInfoCom). IEEE, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1109/coginfocom63007.2024.10894746.

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Stoppe, Valentin. "POTENTIALS OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: NETWORKING PHILOSOPHICAL KNOWLEDGE WITH OBSIDIAN." In 17th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation. IATED, 2024. https://doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2024.1735.

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Çakmak, Talip, Yildiran Yilmaz, and İlker Ustabas. "The SVM-ARIMA Fusion Approach for Forecasting the Structural Integrity of Obsidian Substitution Mortars." In 2024 Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications Conference (ASYU). IEEE, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1109/asyu62119.2024.10757110.

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Coblenz, Michael. "Obsidian: A Safer Blockchain Programming Language." In 2017 IEEE/ACM 39th International Conference on Software Engineering Companion (ICSE-C). IEEE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icse-c.2017.150.

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Furukawa, Kuniyuki, Koji Uno, and Tatsuo Kanamaru. "FRACTURING AND REMOBILIZATION OF OBSIDIAN LAVA FLOW." In GSA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, USA - 2019. Geological Society of America, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2019am-332451.

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Villani, Antonio, Daniele Riboni, Domenico Vitali, Claudio Bettini, and Luigi V. Mancini. "Obsidian: A scalable and efficient framework for NetFlow obfuscation." In IEEE INFOCOM 2013 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications. IEEE, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/infcom.2013.6566719.

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Villani, Antonio, Daniele Riboni, Domenico Vitali, Claudio Bettini, and Luigi V. Mancini. "Obsidian: A scalable and efficient framework for NetFlow obfuscation." In 2013 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS). IEEE, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/infcomw.2013.6562849.

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Nicolaysen, K. P., Sam H. Sheffer, Virginia L. Hatfield, Thomas Bartlett, Dixie L. West, and Kale M. Bruner. "SOURCING PREHISTORIC OBSIDIAN TOOLS IN THE ISLANDS OF FOUR MOUNTAINS, ALASKA." In GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016. Geological Society of America, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2016am-282051.

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Seitzinger, Zenja, and Kurt Knesel. "FLOW BANDS AND MICROLITE TEXTURES IN OBSIDIAN, MINYON FALLS RHYOLITE, AUSTRALIA." In 54th Annual GSA North-Central Section Meeting - 2020. Geological Society of America, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2020nc-348340.

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Neve, S. R., and P. H. Barker. "Hydration depth profiling of obsidian surfaces using [sup 7]Li ions." In The fourteenth international conference on the application of accelerators in research and industry. AIP, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.52536.

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Reports on the topic "Obsidian"

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Pink, Jeremias. The geology, geochemistry, and geographic distribution of southern Idaho obsidian. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/2352670.

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Asaro, Frank, Fred H. Stross, and Richard L. Burger. Breakthrough in precision (0.3 percent) of neutron activation analyses applied to provenience studies of obsidian. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/807418.

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Mazer, J. J., J. K. Bates, C. M. Stevenson, and J. P. Bradley. The effect of glass composition on the experimental hydration of obsidian between 110 and 230{degree}C. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), 1991. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/10144526.

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Thomas, Scott. The determination of a relative chronology for a surface archeological site using the obsidian hydration dating method. Portland State University Library, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/etd.3126.

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