{"id":193,"date":"2013-10-02T17:30:24","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T17:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wonderful\/?p=193"},"modified":"2013-10-30T16:09:02","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T16:09:02","slug":"obsidian-micro-core","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wonderful\/coverage\/global\/obsidian-micro-core\/","title":{"rendered":"Obsidian Micro-core &#8211; Dora Moutsiou"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-194\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:ObsidianOregon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-194\" alt=\"A specimen of obsidian from Lake County, OregonWikipedia user: Locutus Borg.  Public Domain image. \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wonderful\/files\/2013\/10\/WT_Wk0_ObsidianCore_PublicDomain-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wonderful\/files\/2013\/10\/WT_Wk0_ObsidianCore_PublicDomain-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wonderful\/files\/2013\/10\/WT_Wk0_ObsidianCore_PublicDomain-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wonderful\/files\/2013\/10\/WT_Wk0_ObsidianCore_PublicDomain-432x432.jpg 432w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wonderful\/files\/2013\/10\/WT_Wk0_ObsidianCore_PublicDomain-268x268.jpg 268w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wonderful\/files\/2013\/10\/WT_Wk0_ObsidianCore_PublicDomain-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wonderful\/files\/2013\/10\/WT_Wk0_ObsidianCore_PublicDomain.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A specimen of obsidian from Lake County, Oregon Wikipedia user: Locutus Borg. Public Domain image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>by Dora Moutsiou<\/h2>\n<p>Obsidian\u2019s high quality for the manufacture of stone implements was recognised very early on by prehistoric tool-makers. Although the use of obsidian is more pronounced in late prehistoric times, particularly in the Neolithic, it is much earlier that the first archaeological evidence for the procurement of obsidian is recorded. Obsidian handaxes are present in Acheulean sites in Africa, for example Kariandusi, but more commonly obsidian Palaeolithic assemblages include cores, retouched tools, flakes and fragments. Obsidian\u2019s excellent knapping qualities resulted in it being transported several kilometres on the Palaeolithic landscape throughout the world, occasionally at great distances too.<\/p>\n<h2>Reading<\/h2>\n<p>Cann, J. R. &amp; Renfrew, C. 1964, The characterization of obsidian and its application to the Mediterranean region, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 30: 111-133<\/p>\n<p>Gowlett, J. A. J. &amp; Crompton, R. H. 1994, Kariandusi: Acheulean morphology and the question of allometry, The African Archaeological Review 12: 3-42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Dora Moutsiou Obsidian\u2019s high quality for the manufacture of stone implements was recognised very early on by prehistoric tool-makers. Although the use of obsidian is more pronounced in late prehistoric times, particularly in the Neolithic, it is much earlier that the first archaeological evidence for the procurement of obsidian is recorded. 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