Sourcing Obsidian : A State-of-the-Art in the Framework of Archaeological Research (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology)

Le Bourdonnec, Franç/ois-XavierEDT/ Shackley, M. StevenEDT/ Orange, MarieEDT

Springer, Berlin; Springer（2026/06発売）

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Description

This comprehensive book covers the state-of-the-art in obsidian sourcing studies including both current and obsolete practices in the framework of archaeological research. It addresses methodological advances and methodological issues, latest fieldwork research, and application around the world, by region.

This book fosters discussion and reflection on the success story that is obsidian sourcing in Archaeology, to go beyond the conventional manual format. It addresses the methodological issues through a diversity of experts with different approaches and practices, presents the current practices related to the fieldwork aspect of obsidian sourcing studies, and offers an overview of the ongoing fieldwork research across the world. The book provides students and scholars with an up-to-date overview of the current research in the field, as well as a reflection on past and present methodological practices.

Foreword.- Preface.- Part I: Back to the field: geological exploration, databases, and library collections (Coordination: F.-X. Le Bourdonnec).- Chapter 1. Introduction - Obsidian nurseries: from the magma to a definition (F.-X. Le Bourdonnec & J.-L. Schneider).- Chapter 2. Highland zone exploitation in South-eastern Europe: the case of Mount Chikiani obsidian in the Javakheti plateau (Georgia) (P. Biagi, R. Nisbet & B. Gratuze).- Chapter 3. In search of the lost source: combining geochemistry, geology, and archaeology to pinpoint unknown primary obsidian locales in far eastern Russia (Y. Kuzmin & A. Grebennikov).- Chapter 4. The importance of the SC secondary outcrops for archaeological questions in the Western Mediterranean (C. Lugliè & F.-X. Le Bourdonnec).- Chapter 5. Obsidian sourcing in Eastern Anatolia: systematic sampling and characterisation, from field to database (D. Mouralis, C. Kuzucuoglu & E. Akköprü).- Chapter 6. Secondary sources: sourcing obsidian in reworked deposits(examples in the Bingöl-Solhan region and the upper Araks valley in Eastern Anatolia) (D. Mouralis, C. Kuzucuoglu & E. Akköprü).- Chapter 7. An overview of the obsidian sources of Japan (Y. Suda).- Chapter 8. Characterization of Armenian obsidian sources: comparison of methodological approaches (R. Badalyan, O. Barge, C. Chataigner, B. Gratuze, K. Meliksetyan & E. Pernicka).- Chapter 9. Obsidian sourcing studies in the Great Basin of Western North America (R. Hughes).- Chapter 10. Obsidian sources of Patagonia (M. V. Fernandez).- Part II: A snapshot of current practices (Coordination: M. S. Shackley).- Chapter 11. Introduction - An overview of obsidian provenance techniques: a history of methods and methodologies (M. S. Shackley).- Chapter 12. Obsidian analytical protocols using LA-ICP-MS, advantage and inconvenient compared with other current characterization approaches (B. Gratuze & M. Orange).- Chapter 13. A review of portable XRF instruments (M. Golitko).- Chapter 14. Success and limit of portable XRF analyses: an example from fieldwork in central Anatolia (D. Mouralis, C. Altinbiliek, S. Balci & N. Kayacan).- Chapter 15. NAA: why still use a nuclear reactor? (M. D. Glascock).- Chapter 16. 40Ar/39Ar dating of obsidian: current practice and limits (S. Nomade).- Chapter 17. LIBS: a promising new technique for obsidian provenancing? (D. Syvilay, B. Bousquet, R. Chapoulie, M. Orange & F.-X. Le Bourdonnec).- Chapter 18. Vibrational spectroscopy: an alternative for obsidian provenance studies? (L. Bellot-Gurlet).- Chapter 19. Hydration rates for the Bodie Hills Obsidian source complex, Eastern California, computed from intrinsic water content measured by Infrared Transmission Spectroscopy (C. Stevenson, A. Rogers & G. Haverstock).- Chapter 20. Current obsidian hydration dating practice in the Far Western United States (A. Rogers & C. Stevenson).- Chapter 21. Practices and perspectives in magnetic sourcing of ancient obsidian samples (C. Beatrice, E. Olivetti, E. Tema,E. Zanella & E. Ferrara).- Chapter 22. What future for particle accelerators in obsidian sourcing studies? (F.-X. Le Bourdonnec, S. Dubernet & L. Bellot-Gurlet).- Chapter 23. Analytical method(s) comparison for the characterization of five Caucasian obsidian sources (B. Gratuze, F.-X. Le Bourdonnec, M. Orange, E. Pernicka & D. Mouralis (et al.)).- Part III: Archaeological applications around the world (Coordination: M. Orange).- Chapter 24. Introduction - Harnessing the full potential of obsidian sourcing for archaeological research: new methods, new outcomes (M. Orange).- Chapter 25. Complex networks of obsidian exchange in the transition to farming in the Near East (J. J. Ibanez, D. Ortega & F. Pichon).- Chapter 26. Obsidian in the Middle Eastern Neolithic: exploring the exchange networks of the first agrarian societies (M. Molist, I. Girones, A. Monforte, A. Breu & A. Gómez Bach).- Chapter 27. Exploiting the sources: the distribution and use of obsidian in the prehistoric Near East(E

François-Xavier Le Bourdonnec (Ph.D. 2007, Université Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux 3) is an Associate Professor of Archaeological Sciences at Université Bordeaux Montaigne. He works on the provenance and circulation of lithic raw materials used in prehistoric times, particularly obsidian and flint, with over one hundred scientific publications on these topics. His research on obsidian has focused mainly on peri-Mediterranean regions. He teaches courses in Archaeology and Art History, and is strongly committed to student training. He is currently Deputy Vice-President for Student Life & Campus Experience at Université Bordeaux Montaigne. Since 2022, he has served as Editor-in-Chief of the ArcheoSciences journal.

M. Steven Shackley (Ph.D. 1990, Arizona State University) is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, where he taught archaeological geochemistry and x-ray fluorescence spectrometry jointly with the Department of Earth and Planetary Science, lithic technology, quantitative methods, and the prehistory of the North American Southwest for more than 23 years. Receiving US National Science Foundation continuing sponsorship for the Archaeological XRF Lab at Berkeley, he has processed over 100,000 artifacts, mainly obsidian, through that laboratory and the current facility. Publishing hundreds of peer reviewed papers, and numerous books and monographs on these subjects Professor Shackley continues to engage in geological and archaeological XRF analyses at the Geoarchaeological XRF Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

Marie Orange (Ph.D. 2017, Southern Cross University) specialises in the investigation of lithic assemblages for the reconstitution of comprehensive lithic economies and the socio-economic systems within which the raw materials were acquired, transformed, and circulated. Her expertise lies in obsidian studies, for which she uses an integrated provenance/technological approach to reconstitute the reduction sequences for each raw material identified. In the last ten years, her research has led her to work on projects investigating the exploitation of obsidian on Neolithic to Bronze Age sites in the Western Mediterranean, Near East, Caucasus, and North-western Iran. She is currently affiliated with the Archéorient (CNRS UMR 5133) laboratory.