Obsidians in the Rio Saboccu (Sardinia, Italy) campsite: Provenance, reduction and relations with the wider Early Neolithic Tyrrhenian area

Lugliè, Carlo; Bourdonnec, François‐Xavier Le; Poupeau, Gérard; Congia, Consuelo; Moretto, Philippe; Calligaro, Thomas; Sanna, Ignazio; Dubernet, Stéphan

doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2007.11.001

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“…The measured attributes are capable of determining the reduction strategies employed on the artifacts. In this way, it is possible to correlate an artifact's provenance with how it was knapped, a scheme which has already been shown to be useful in Anatolian and Mediterranean obsidian studies (Carter et al 2006;Lugliè et al 2008).…”

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confidence: 97%

Lithic technology and obsidian exchange networks in Bronze Age Nuragic Sardinia (Italy)

Freund

Tykot

2011

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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The study of the Sardinian Bronze Age (Nuragic period) and the factors which created and maintained an island-wide identity as seen through the presence of its distinctive nuraghi has received considerable attention; however, the amount of research directly related to the stone tools of the era has been relatively limited despite the wealth of knowledge it is capable of yielding. This research hopes to contribute to Sardinian archaeology through the study of ancient technology, specifically obsidian lithic technology, by combining typological information with source data gleaned from the use of portable X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy. This research also explores temporal changes in the acquisition of obsidian raw materials and the corresponding changes in how the obsidian was used. The results provide precedence for future work in Sardinia and create a model for integrating two types of analyses, sourcing and typological. By combining these results, it is possible to investigate ancient economies, exchange networks, and cultural values.

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Section: Typological Methodsmentioning

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Lithic technology and obsidian exchange networks in Bronze Age Nuragic Sardinia (Italy)

Freund

Tykot

2011

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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“…A central conclusion drawn from these analyses is that multiple knapping traditions existed across the West Mediterranean region over the course of the Neolithic, including pressure-flaked blade industries in southern France and Corsica (Bressy et al, 2008;Costa, 2006;Léa, 2012), direct percussion blade technology in southern Italy (Diamond and Ammerman, 1985), and flake-based industries in Sardinia (Freund, 2014;Lugliè et al, 2008). Nevertheless, these conclusions are based on a small number of total analyses and there is still much work to be done in terms of understanding how and where obsidian was acquired, reduced, and consequently used.…”

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“…Many archaeologists of this new generation recognize the importance of combining sourcing data with other information about form and function of the artifacts themselves in order to address a wider range of questions about how obsidian was incorporated into the lives of the people who used it; this has taken form most notably in Sardinia, Corsica, Liguria, Calabria, and southern France (see Ammerman, 1985;Costa, 2007;Freund and Tykot, 2011;Le Bourdonnec et al, 2010;Léa, 2012;Lugliè et al, 2008).…”

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Blade production and the consumption of obsidian in Stentinello period Neolithic Sicily

Freund

Tykot

Vianello

2015

Comptes Rendus Palevol

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a b s t r a c tThis study explores obsidian consumption during the Early/Middle Neolithic Stentinello period (ca. 5600-4000 cal B.C.) on the Italian island of Sicily through the analysis of 622 obsidian artifacts from eight sites in eastern Sicily and the Aeolian Islands. By combining obsidian sourcing by means of portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometry with techno-typological characterization, it is shown that distinctively wide Lipari blades were the primary artifact type used during this period. Our data suggest that the primary reduction of these materials occurred at the source area by local populations, with obsidian being transported from Lipari to eastern Sicily and Calabria in the form of preformed cores. Despite similarities between Sicily and southern Italy in the initial procurement of Lipari obsidian, there are distinct differences in how these materials were subsequently reduced. Mots clés :Méditerranée occidentale Sicile Néolithique Réseaux d'échange Zone source d'obsidienne Fluorescence X portative (pXRF) Technologie lithique r é s u m é Cette étude explore la consommation d'obsidienne de la période Stentinello du Néolithique inférieur et moyen (ca. 5000-4000 cal B.C.) sur l'île italienne de Sicile, grâce à l'analyse de 622 objets en obsidienne provenant de huit sites de Sicile orientale et des îles Éoliennes. Par association de la fluorescence X portative avec la caractérisation techno-typologique des objets en obsidienne, il est montré distinctement que les lames de Lipari sont le premier type d'objets utilisés pendant cette période. Nos données suggèrent que la première réduction des matériaux a été réalisée à la zone source par les populations locales, l'obsidienne étant transportée de Lipari jusqu'en Sicile orientale et en Calabre sous forme de nucléus pré-formés. En dépit de similitudes entre la Sicile et le Sud de l'Italie dans l'approvisionnement initial en obsidienne, il existe des différences nettes dans la faç on dont ces matériaux ont été réduits par la suite.

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“…Following former studies on Sardinian sites that used a source-based perspective (Le Lugliè et al, 2007Lugliè et al, , 2008aLugliè et al, , 2008bLugliè et al, , 2009Lugliè et al, , 2011Lugliè, 2012), our research recently focused on collections from Neolithic sites in Corsica, Tunisia, Southern France, and Northern Italy (Bressy et al, 2008;Le Bourdonnec et al, 2010, 2015aLugliè et al, 2014). Through the Neolithic period, the island of Corsica and the North-western Mediterranean offer an interesting framework, since obsidian has a variable significance in the different lithic assemblages.…”

Section: Geographical and Archaeological Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 98%

On sourcing obsidian assemblages from the Mediterranean area: analytical strategies for their exhaustive geochemical characterisation

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Bourdonnec

Bellot‐Gurlet

et al. 2017

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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This paper presents an overview of the work conducted by our research group in the Mediterranean area. Initiated in the 1990s by the late Gérard Poupeau, our research relies on international and multidisciplinary collaborations to endeavour archaeological and anthropological issues linked to the diffusion and consumption of the obsidian raw material during the Neolithic period. Our line of action is to develop flexibly unique analytical strategies, tailored to each obsidian assemblage considered for a sourcing study. Drawing its strength from the complementarity of the methods available within our group, i.e. visual characterisation, SEM-EDS, ED-XRF, pXRF, PIXE, and LA-ICP-MS, this approach allows for the exhaustive and non-destructive analysis of those assemblages, thus optimising the potential of sourcing studies. Working hand in hand with archaeologists, the results are closely integrated to the information brought by the typological and technological characteristics of the artefacts, in the aim to reconstruct an overview of the obsidian economy at site level, but also to replace it in a broader — regional and supra-regional — context

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Obsidians in the Rio Saboccu (Sardinia, Italy) campsite: Provenance, reduction and relations with the wider Early Neolithic Tyrrhenian area

Cited by 30 publications

References 11 publications

Lithic technology and obsidian exchange networks in Bronze Age Nuragic Sardinia (Italy)

Lithic technology and obsidian exchange networks in Bronze Age Nuragic Sardinia (Italy)

Blade production and the consumption of obsidian in Stentinello period Neolithic Sicily

On sourcing obsidian assemblages from the Mediterranean area: analytical strategies for their exhaustive geochemical characterisation

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