Obsidian Source Identification by Fission Track Analysis

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Sep 1971 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 233, pages 242-245 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: S. A. DURRANI; H. A. KHAN; M. TAJ; COLIN RENFREW;

doi: 10.1038/233242a0

Obsidian Source Identification by Fission Track Analysis

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Fission track analysis has been used to determine the age and uranium content of obsidians from sources in southeast Europe and Anatolia, and from archaeological deposits in mesolithic levels at the Franchthi Cave in southern Greece. It is confirmed that the Franchthi obsidian came from the Aegean island of Melos. This is the earliest positive indication available for maritime travel, and carries the history of seafaring back a thousand years.

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