The use of SEM-EDS,PIXE and EDXRF for obsidian provenance studies in the Near East: a case study from Neolithic Çatalhöyük (central Anatolia) |
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| Authors: | Gé rard Poupeau,Franç ois-Xavier Le Bourdonnec,Tristan Carter,Sarah Delerue,M. Steven Shackley,Jean-Alix Barrat,Sté phan Dubernet,Philippe Moretto,Thomas Calligaro,Marina Milić,Katsuji Kobayashi |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Centre de Recherche de Physique Appliquée à l’Archéologie et Institut de Recherche sur les Archéomatériaux, UMR 5060, CNRS-Université Michel de Montaigne-Bordeaux 3, Esplanade des Antilles, 33607 Pessac, France;2. UMR 5194 et Département de Préhistoire, CNRS-Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France;3. Department of Anthropology, McMaster University, Chester New Hall, 524, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L9, Canada;4. Department of Anthropology/Archaeological XRF Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3710, USA;5. CNRS/UBO, UMR 6538, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Place Copernic, 29280 Plouzané, France;6. Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Centre d’Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, CENBG, Chemin du Solarium, BP120, 33175 Gradignan, France;g Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France, UMR CNRS 171, 14 Quai François Mitterrand, 75001 Paris, France;h Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31-34 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PY, United Kingdom;i School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010 Australia |
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| Abstract: | In this paper we evaluate the relative analytical capabilities of SEM-EDS, PIXE and EDXRF for characterizing archaeologically significant Anatolian obsidians on the basis of their elemental compositions. The study involves 54 geological samples from various sources, together with an archaeological case study involving 100 artifacts from Neolithic Çatalhöyük (central Anatolia). With each technique the artifacts formed two compositional groups that correlated with the East Göllü Da? and Nenezi Da? sources. The non-destructive capabilities of these methods are emphasized (albeit with certain analytical limitations in the case of SEM-EDS), suggesting important new techniques for Near Eastern obsidian provenance studies. |
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| Keywords: | Obsidian sourcing PIXE SEM-EDS Non-destructive analysis Ç atalhö yü k Anatolian Neolithic East Gö llü Da? Nenezi Da? Near East |
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