Archaeometric analysis of the obsidian assemblage from Hodoni/Hodony (Banat, Romania)

Abstract

Hodoni “Pocioroane” is one of the archaeological sites discovered near the village of Hodoni/Hodony, ca. 25 km north of Timişoara, in the Romanian Banat. The excavations carried out at “Pocioroane” have yielded traces of superimposed Neolithic settlements and a medieval cemetery. This paper considers 113 obsidian artefacts recovered during the excavations carried out between 1985 and 1991 in the Vinča C2 and Tisza culture layers and features. The obsidian artefacts are represented by waste flakes, bladelets, exhausted cores and a few retouched tools two of which show utilisation marks. The artefacts have been characterised by LA-ICP-MS and XRF methods at the CNRS laboratory of Orléans University (France) indicating a Carpathian 1 provenance.