The first Middle Palaeolithic site exhibiting obsidian industry on the northern slopes of the Central Caucasus
Abstract
Modern research in the Caucasus involving both obsidian artefact characterisation and sourcing enhances our knowledge of the early exploitation and exchange of this raw material (Le Bourdonnec et al. 2012; Montoya et al. 2013; Chatainger & Gratuze 2014; Doronicheva & Shackley 2014; Frahm et al. 2014; Pleurdeau et al. 2016).
Authors
- Ekaterina Doronicheva
ANO Laboratory of Prehistory, 14 Linia 3–11, 199034 St Petersburg, Russia - Liubov Golovanova
ANO Laboratory of Prehistory, 14 Linia 3–11, 199034 St Petersburg, Russia - Vladimir Doronichev
ANO Laboratory of Prehistory, 14 Linia 3–11, 199034 St Petersburg, Russia - Andrey Nedomolkin
National Museum of Adygeya Republic, Sovetskaya Street 229, 385000 Maikop, Russia - Steven Shackley
Geoarchaeological XRF Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, 232 Kroeber Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-3710, USA
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