Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene seafaring in the Aegean: new obsidian hydration dates with the SIMS-SS method

Laskaris, Nikolaos; Σαμψών, Αδαμάντιος; Mavridis, Fanis; Liritzis, Ioannis

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2011.05.019

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“…1, Table 6), specifically an artefact from a Late Pleistocene stratum in the Schisto Cave in Attica dated by an obsidian hydration method to 14,539 ± 1280 bp (Laskaris et al . 2011, 2477, table 1; Mavridis et al . 2013, 253).…”

Section: The Livari Data In Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…2005, 270), while one of the two pieces of obsidian from the Schisto Cave in Attica should date to the Early Holocene at 9,533 ± 1198 bp (Laskaris et al . 2011).…”

Section: The Livari Data In Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Two obsidian artefacts from this assemblage were sourced to Melos, and hydration dated to 11085 ± 3282 and 10152 ± 1643 bp (Laskaris et al . 2011). To the north, the Cyclops Cave on Youra in the Sporades generated 15 pieces of obsidian from its Lower Mesolithic sequence, some 8% of the chipped stone, a mix of knapping debris and end products (blades), with just over half the artefacts (n = 8) retouched into formal tools (Kaczanowksa and Kozlowski 2008, 170, tables 8.1–8.2).…”

Section: The Livari Data In Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Obsidian hydration dates from three of the Cyclops Cave artefacts spanned 10968 ± 640–12017 ± 1875 bp (Laskaris et al . 2011).…”

Section: The Livari Data In Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Obsidian Consumption in the Late Pleistocene – Early Holocene Aegean: Contextualising New Data From Mesolithic Crete

Carter

2016

Annu. Br. Sch. Athens

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This paper details the characterisation of four obsidian artefacts from the Mesolithic site of Livari Skiadi, one of only a handful of such pre-Neolithic sites on Crete. Elemental analysis using EDXRF sources the raw materials to Sta Nychia on Melos; in concert with other data, it can be suggested that this was the preferred Melian source for Late Pleistocene – Early Holocene populations. The Livari material represents the earliest Melian obsidian on Crete and by implication the first evidence of its inhabitants' connections to the Cycladic islands. When located within a broader review of Melian obsidian use in the Upper Palaeolithic – Mesolithic Aegean, it can be shown that the main consumers of these raw materials were island-based groups with immediate access to waterways that led to the Cyclades. It is suggested that distinctions between island and mainland toolkits (technical and raw material choices) may have been the product of seasonal, and environmental influences, rather than reflecting the products of different populations. Finally, certain datasets, including Livari, suggest the procurement of obsidian via intermediaries. These exchanges are viewed in avowedly social terms, with gift-giving a fundamental manner through which inter-group relations were created and maintained, whereby the circulation of obsidian can be viewed as one of those mechanisms through which Mesolithic Aegean cultural traditions came to be produced and reproduced.

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Section: The Livari Data In Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…2005, 270), while one of the two pieces of obsidian from the Schisto Cave in Attica should date to the Early Holocene at 9,533 ± 1198 bp (Laskaris et al . 2011).…”

Section: The Livari Data In Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Livari Data In Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Obsidian hydration dates from three of the Cyclops Cave artefacts spanned 10968 ± 640–12017 ± 1875 bp (Laskaris et al . 2011).…”

Section: The Livari Data In Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Obsidian Consumption in the Late Pleistocene – Early Holocene Aegean: Contextualising New Data From Mesolithic Crete

Carter

2016

Annu. Br. Sch. Athens

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“…As a result of obsidian finds made on the islands of Youra and Kythnos, along with Franchthi Cave situated on the western shores of the Aegean Sea, it has been revealed that Melos gained its reputation of being a source of raw material in the Late Palaeolithic and Mesolithic (BC 11,000–7000) (Perlès ; Sampson , 131–3; Laskaris et al . , 2475, 2477). There has been no trace yet in Anatolia of obsidian finds of Melian origin dating from these periods.…”

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New Evidence for Neolithic Habitation in the Hinterland of the Troad

Yalçıklı

2014

Oxford J Archaeology

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Summary This essay introduces two newly discovered Neolithic sites identified through the archaeological surveys conducted in the hinterland of the Troad in north‐western Turkey. Most of our knowledge about the Neolithic period of the region comes from the coastal site of Coşkuntepe, as well as Uğurlu on the island of Gökçeada (Imbros) and Karağaçtepe (Protesilas) on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The lack of evidence for Neolithic habitation in the hinterland of the region was apparently due to the state of research. The recently discovered rock shelter‐type site of Evkayası and the mound of Taraçcı imply that the hinterland of the Troad also bears traces of Neolithic habitation. Each of these sites yielded a single obsidian artefact of Melian origin, suggesting that these two settlements were on a land‐based route that connected the Gulf of Edremit with the southern coast of the Sea of Marmara.

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Science‐based Dating in Archaeology

Ramsey¹

2023

Handbook of Archaeological Sciences

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Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene seafaring in the Aegean: new obsidian hydration dates with the SIMS-SS method

Cited by 35 publications

References 21 publications

Obsidian Consumption in the Late Pleistocene – Early Holocene Aegean: Contextualising New Data From Mesolithic Crete

Obsidian Consumption in the Late Pleistocene – Early Holocene Aegean: Contextualising New Data From Mesolithic Crete

New Evidence for Neolithic Habitation in the Hinterland of the Troad

Science‐based Dating in Archaeology

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