Sourcing Obsidian from Late Neolithic Sites on the Great Hungarian Plain: Preliminary p-XRF Compositional Results and the Socio-Cultural Implications

Riebe, Danielle J.

doi:10.24916/iansa.2019.2.1

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“…These results parallel those from neighbouring countries. Investigations in Czechia and Hungary show that the Slovakian variant predominates at Neolithic sites, with a minor representation of the C2 variant (Biró 2014;Burgert et al 2016;2017;Riebe 2019). A similar situation seems to have existed in Romania (Constantinescu et al 2014, 148), although at some sites the Hungarian variant of obsidian predominates (i.e.…”

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“…Obsidian was subject to conveyance and long-distance distribution since Palaeolithic times (see Moutsiou 2014; and, during the Neolithic, these activities intensified. Volcanic glass artifacts are present in inventories connected with Linear Pottery culture sites (especially in the Želiezovce group), in western Slovakia, in southern Poland, and in ALPC assemblages in eastern Slovakia and Hungary (Kulczycka and Kozłowski 1960;Godłowska 1982;Milisauskas 1986;Šiška 1998;Grygiel 2004;Kaczanowska and Godłowska 2009;Szeliga 2009;Tunia 2016;Biró 2018;Kaminská 2018;Riebe 2019;Szeliga et al 2019a;2019b). Even higher demand for obsidian seems to have existed during the Late Neolithic (following the decline of the Bükk culture, during the beginning of the Lengyel culture), when raw material exchange and conveyance moved semi-products and finished products of obsidian as far as the central Danube region (Šiška 1989, 77), Czechia (Burgert 2015;Burgert et al 2016;2017), Poland, and the Polish Lowlands (Więckowska 1971;Kabaciński 2010;Wilczyński 2016).…”

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Obsidian Source Use Within the Alföld Linear Pottery culture in Slovakia

Werra

Hughes²,

Nowak

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This paper reports the results of non-destructive energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) analysis of 186 obsidian artifacts from eight archaeological sites attributable to the Alföld Linear Pottery Culture (c. 5600-4900 cal BC). This is the largest instrument-based study yet conducted and reported for Alföld Linear Pottery Culture (ALPC) artifacts from Slovakia, where ALPC chipped lithic assemblages are almost entirely composed of obsidian items. Results show that all obsidian artifacts analyzed were manufactured exclusively from a volcanic glass of the Carpathian 1 chemical type, the source of which has been localised in Slovakia. This chemical variety of obsidian appears to have been the most important volcanic glass used by prehistoric communities in East-Central Europe during the Neolithic.

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Obsidian Source Use Within the Alföld Linear Pottery culture in Slovakia

Werra

Hughes²,

Nowak

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“…In this study, both are identified as within the top 2% highest betweenness centrality. The boundary between the Late Neolithic Tisza and the Herpály culture areas, where a lot of interaction would have happened, is also the Sebes Körös [ 89 , 90 ], the point of highest connectivity in the Körös River network.…”

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“…interaction would have happened, is also the Sebes Körös [89,90], the point of highest connectivity in the Körös River network.…”

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River networks and funerary metal in the Bronze Age of the Carpathian Basin

Duffy

2020

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Archaeologists use differences in metals from burial contexts to identify variation in social inequalities during the European Bronze Age. Many have argued that these social inequalities depended on access to, and control of, trade routes. In this paper, I model critical gateways in the Tisza river-a river system in the Carpathian Basin that might have enabled privileged access to metal in some areas but not others. I then evaluate the concentration of metal on different topological nodes of the river network in an attempt to understand what best explains the distribution of metals across this landscape. I do this by describing Bronze Age metal consumption and display in cemeteries from four micro-regions of the Tisza, and compare them with network 'betweenness centrality' values for locations along the river. I find support for the argument that favourably located river nodes had better access to metal in the earlier part of the Bronze Age.

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“…In total, four different pXRF devices have been housed in the EAF pXRF Laboratory, including an Innov-X, a Bruker TRAcER III-V, a Bruker TRAcER III-SD, and a Niton XL3t 950 GOLDD+. While these devices also have been used to study ceramics (Sharratt et al 2019;Williams et al 2012) and metals (Dussubieux and Walder 2015), a majority of the compositional studies utilizing the pXRF instruments in the EAF have focused on volcanic materials, such as basalt (Hastorf et al in press;Janusek and Williams 2016;Janusek et al 2012;Palumbo et al 2015;Williams et al 2015) and obsidian (Bélisle et al 2020;Feinman et al 2013Feinman et al , 2018Feinman et al , 2019aFeinman et al , 2019bGolitko and Feinman 2015;Golitko et al 2010Millhauser et al 2011Millhauser et al , 2015Moholy-Nagy et al 2013;O'Shea et al 2021;Riebe 2018Riebe , 2019Riebe , 2021Riebe et al 2018, in press;Ruka et al 2019).…”

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Obsidian Across the Americas

2022

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This book draws attention to recent obsidian studies in the Americas and acts as a reference for archaeologists and scholars interested in material culture and exchange. Moreover, it provides a wide range of case studies in obsidian characterization, material application, and theoretical interpretations in the Americas. The limited geographic occurrence and relatively homogenous nature of obsidian have made the material ideal for archaeometric studies. Since Cann and Renfrew’s seminal paper in 1967 on the compositional analysis of obsidian in the Mediterranean, analytical techniques have improved, identification and characterization of sources have increased, and applications have broadened geographically and theoretically to address various socio-cultural activities and behaviours around the world. While many previous publications have focused on different aspects of obsidian characterization, this volume uniquely presents obsidian compositional studies from across the Americas that have relied on the instrumentation housed in the Elemental Analysis Facility at the Field Museum of Natural History. The case studies, which feature materials from North American, Mesoamerican, and South American geological sources, explore the ways in which obsidian analyses have been used to investigate interactions, socio-economic exchanges, and socio-cultural change at multiple scales in the past.

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Sourcing Obsidian from Late Neolithic Sites on the Great Hungarian Plain: Preliminary p-XRF Compositional Results and the Socio-Cultural Implications

Cited by 7 publications

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Obsidian Source Use Within the Alföld Linear Pottery culture in Slovakia

Obsidian Source Use Within the Alföld Linear Pottery culture in Slovakia

River networks and funerary metal in the Bronze Age of the Carpathian Basin

Obsidian Across the Americas

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