Obsidian Analyses and Prehistoric Near Eastern Trade 7500 to 3500 B.C. 9781949098112, 9781951519339

In this study of prehistoric trade in the Near East, Gary A. Wright uses obsidian—which comes from just a few sources in

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English Pages [101] Year 1969

Table of contents :
Contents
I. The Problem
II. Obsidian Sources in the Near East
III. Obsidian in the Near East: 7500 to 3500 B.C.
Distribution
Uses
Trade and Transport
IV. Near Eastern Trade: 7500 to 3500 B.C.
Sources of Other Raw Materials
The Preceramic: 7500 to 6250 B.C.
The Early Ceramic Phases: 6250 to 5200 B.C.
Halaf-Ubaid
V. Conclusions
References

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ANTHROPOLOGICAL PAPERS MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN NO. 37

OBSIDIAN ANALYSES AND PREHISTORIC NEAR EASTERN TRADE: 7500 TO 3500 B.C.

BY GARY A. WRIGHT

ANN ARBOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 1969

© 1969 by the Regents of the University of Michigan The Museum of Anthropology All rights reserved ISBN (print): 978-1-949098-11-2 ISBN (ebook): 978-1-951519-33-9 Browse all of our books at sites.lsa.umich.edu/archaeology-books. Order our books from the University of Michigan Press at www.press.umich.edu. For permissions, questions, or manuscript queries, contact Museum publications by email at [email protected] or visit the Museum website at lsa.umich.edu/ummaa.

FOREWORD

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HIS WORK is a rewriting and reediting of my doctoral dissertation which was submitted to the University of Michigan in June, 1968. I wish to thank the members of my doctoral committee, Professors Robert Whallon, Jr. (chairman), Richard Beardsley, William Farrand, Acton A. Gordus, James B. Griffin, and Jeffrey Parsons, for their helpful comments and suggestions during the preparation of the dissertation. The obsidian studies were initiated at the University of Michigan l,.lnder the co-direction of J. B. Griffin, of the Museum of Anthropology and Dr. A. A. Gordus, of the Department of Chemistry, and followed the lead of Cann and Renfrew's (1964) work on Mediterranean obsidians. I should like to thank Drs. Robert J. Braidwood, Halet