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Looking north: first insights into the consumption of obsidian from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age in Nakhchivan

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As part of the PAST-OBS research project (a research program supported by the ANR [ANR-10-LABX-52]), which aims to investigate the complex relationships between the exploitation of natural resources, technological innovations, and nomadic pastoralists in the Urmiah (northern Iran) and Sirab (Nakhchivan) regions between the 6th and the 3rd millennium B.C., more than 1500 obsidian artefacts have so far been geochemically characterized. These results were obtained thanks to an analytical strategy that was specifically adapted to these assemblages: it relies on several analytical methods, mainly a portable XRF (pXRF; used both in the field and in the lab), and the use of the Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS; complementary to pXRF). These artefacts originate from no less than nine archaeological sites that are all located in Nakhchivan (Azerbaijan): the excavated settlements of Kültepe I, Nakhchivan Tepe, Ovçular Tepesi, Uçan Agil, and Sorşu, as well as the surveyed sites of Bûlôv qayasi, Çay Aǧzi, Kolani, and Mesmeliagil. Altogether, these assemblages cover a long period of time - from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age (Kura-Araxes), which makes possible synchronic and diachronic comparisons: an overview of the obsidian economies of these regions and their evolution through time is now available. This paper will be an opportunity for us to present the first results of the PAST-OBS research project, and to discuss further possible research prospects.
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hal-01995266 , version 1 (26-01-2019)

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Marie Orange, François-Xavier Le Bourdonnec, Judith Thomalsky, Rémi Berthon, Veli Bakhshaliyev, et al.. Looking north: first insights into the consumption of obsidian from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age in Nakhchivan. 11th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Apr 2018, Munich, Germany. ⟨hal-01995266⟩
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