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OBSIDIAN SOURCING "STARTER PACK"

I have selected this "starter pack" from my publications to illustrate the value of obsidian sourcing as an archaeological method and to help those interested to potentially use this method in their own research.

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Archaeological obsidian sourcing: Looking from the first 60 years to the next

 

Frahm 2025

Journal of Archaeological Science

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Obsidian sourcing by X-ray fluorescence analysis

 

Frahm 2024

Encyclopedia of Archaeology, 2nd Edition

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Reassessing the origins of Near Eastern obsidian vessels: Not as simple as “Central Anatolia”

 

Frahm 2024

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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Obsidian sources from the Aegean to central Turkey: Geochemistry, geology, and geochronology

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Frahm 2023

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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The obsidian sources of eastern Turkey and the Caucasus: Geochemistry, geology, and geochronology

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Frahm 2023

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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Variation in Nemrut DaÄŸ obsidian at Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Late Bronze Age sites (or: all that’s Nemrut DaÄŸ obsidian isn’t the Sıcaksu source)

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Frahm 2020

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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Introducing the Peabody-Yale Reference Obsidians (PYRO) sets: Open-source calibration and evaluation standards for quantitative X-ray fluorescence analysis

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Frahm 2019

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

©2025 by Ellery Frahm

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