Characterization of the Obsidian Used in the Chipped Stone Industry in Kendale Hecala
Kendale Hecala is located on the Ambar River in the Upper Tigris Basin, province of Diyarbakır in Southeast Anatolia. Various raw materials, including obsidian, radiolarite, chert, jasper, chalcedony, and quartzite, were used in the lithic industry. Obsidian artefacts constitute an average of 64% of...
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| description | Kendale Hecala is located on the Ambar River in the Upper Tigris Basin, province of Diyarbakır in Southeast Anatolia. Various raw materials, including obsidian, radiolarite, chert, jasper, chalcedony, and quartzite, were used in the lithic industry. Obsidian artefacts constitute an average of 64% of the chipped stone assemblage. Technological analysis reveals that obsidian was brought to the settlement as nodules and chipped into various tools at the settlement. Understanding the operational sequence of the lithic industry, chaîne opératoire, including the distribution of raw material from source to site, is important to demonstrate the socio-cultural organization of the settlement in Southeastern Anatolia during the Ubaid period. In order to identify source varieties, the obsidian artefacts uncovered from Ubaid layers of Kendale Hecala were analyzed by macro-observations, and the characterization of archaeological samples was performed using a handheld XRF. Multivariate analysis of the data indicates the use of obsidian from different resources at the settlement, including Nemrut Dağ, Bingöl B, and Group 3d. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-115e7fc7eab24a49900fb0a9cc5c486b2023-11-30T22:08:43ZengMDPI AGQuaternary2571-550X2022-01-0151310.3390/quat5010003Characterization of the Obsidian Used in the Chipped Stone Industry in Kendale HecalaÜftade Muşkara0Ayşin Konak1Department of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Properties, Faculty of Fine Arts, Kocaeli University, İzmit 41380, TurkeyDepartment of Archaeology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Kocaeli University, İzmit 41380, TurkeyKendale Hecala is located on the Ambar River in the Upper Tigris Basin, province of Diyarbakır in Southeast Anatolia. Various raw materials, including obsidian, radiolarite, chert, jasper, chalcedony, and quartzite, were used in the lithic industry. Obsidian artefacts constitute an average of 64% of the chipped stone assemblage. Technological analysis reveals that obsidian was brought to the settlement as nodules and chipped into various tools at the settlement. Understanding the operational sequence of the lithic industry, chaîne opératoire, including the distribution of raw material from source to site, is important to demonstrate the socio-cultural organization of the settlement in Southeastern Anatolia during the Ubaid period. In order to identify source varieties, the obsidian artefacts uncovered from Ubaid layers of Kendale Hecala were analyzed by macro-observations, and the characterization of archaeological samples was performed using a handheld XRF. Multivariate analysis of the data indicates the use of obsidian from different resources at the settlement, including Nemrut Dağ, Bingöl B, and Group 3d.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/5/1/3Upper Tigrisobsidian sourcingpXRFNemrut DağGroup 3dUbaid |
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| title | Characterization of the Obsidian Used in the Chipped Stone Industry in Kendale Hecala |
| title_full | Characterization of the Obsidian Used in the Chipped Stone Industry in Kendale Hecala |
| title_fullStr | Characterization of the Obsidian Used in the Chipped Stone Industry in Kendale Hecala |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characterization of the Obsidian Used in the Chipped Stone Industry in Kendale Hecala |
| title_short | Characterization of the Obsidian Used in the Chipped Stone Industry in Kendale Hecala |
| title_sort | characterization of the obsidian used in the chipped stone industry in kendale hecala |
| topic | Upper Tigris obsidian sourcing pXRF Nemrut Dağ Group 3d Ubaid |
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