SEM-EDS characterization of western Mediterranean obsidians and the Neolithic site of A Fuata (Corsica)

Bourdonnec, François‐Xavier Le; Bontempi, Jean-Michel; Marini, Nathalie; Mazet, Sylvain; Neuville, Pierre François; Poupeau, Gérard; Sicurani, Jean

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“…99% density ellipses. Bressy et al, 2008;Le Bourdonnec et al, 2010, 2015a, 2015bLugliè et al, 2007Lugliè et al, , 2008aLugliè et al, , 2008bLugliè et al, , 2009Poupeau et al, 2000;and unpublished data. Much like the PIXE, LA-ICP-MS is a less available, more expensive geochemical characterisation technique. However, it has several advantages that make it an ideal complement to other, more easily accessible methods.…”

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“…13 and 14). (Lugliè et al, 2007(Lugliè et al, , 2008a(Lugliè et al, , 2009Poupeau et al, 2000) and 626 archaeological samples (Bressy et al, 2008;Le Bourdonnec et al, 2010, 2015bLugliè et al, 2007Lugliè et al, , 2008aLugliè et al, , 2008bLugliè et al, , 2009Poupeau et al, 2000 and unpublished data). …”

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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.…”

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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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“…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

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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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“…Par rapport à l'analyse des données, les signatures élémentaires des obsidiennes présentent l'avantage d'être le plus souvent discernables par des diagrammes simples (binaires avec des éléments ou rapports d'éléments, ou spidergrammes) avec, parfois, le recours à des analyses multivariées (Le Bourdonnec et al 2010), mais n'exigent pas de développements spécifiques d'analyse des données, comme cela peut être le cas, par exemple, pour les études de provenance des métaux ferreux (Leroy et al 2014).…”

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SEM-EDS characterization of western Mediterranean obsidians and the Neolithic site of A Fuata (Corsica)

Cited by 48 publications

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

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

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

Archéométrie de l’obsidienne : déchiffrer la circulation d’une matière première

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