Obsidians in the Rio Saboccu (Sardinia, Italy) campsite: Provenance, reduction and relations with the wider Early Neolithic Tyrrhenian area

• Published in: Comptes rendus. Palevol Vol. 7; no. 4; pp. 249 - 258
• Main Authors: Lugliè, Carlo, Le Bourdonnec, François-Xavier, Poupeau, Gérard, Congia, Consuelo, Moretto, Philippe, Calligaro, Thomas, Sanna, Ignazio, Dubernet, Stéphan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Paris Elsevier SAS 01.06.2008; Elsevier; Académie des sciences (Paris)
• Subjects: Analytical chemistry; Archaeology and Prehistory; Chaînes opératoires; Chemical Sciences; Crystalline rocks; Early Neolithic; Earth Sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Engineering Sciences; Exact sciences and technology; Geochemistry; Humanities and Social Sciences; Igneous and metamorphic rocks petrology, volcanic processes, magmas; Marine and continental quaternary; MEB-EDS; Néolithique ancien; Obsidian provenance; PIXE; Provenance d’obsidienne; Rio Saboccu; Sardaigne; Sardinia; Sciences of the Universe; SEM-EDS; Surficial geology; Southern Europe; Italy; Sardinia Italy; Europe; Chaînes opératoires; Néolithique ancien; Provenance d’obsidienne; PIXE; Sardaigne; SEM-EDS; Rio Saboccu; Sardinia; MEB-EDS; Obsidian provenance; Early Neolithic; Prehistoric artefacts; raw materials; upper Quaternary; Neolithic; exploitation; provenance; volcanic glass; Cenozoic; scanning electron microscopy; upper Holocene; obsidian; Quaternary; volcanic rocks; igneous rocks; quality; fossil man; Phanerozoic; Holocene

Technologic analyses of Neolithic obsidian assemblages are quite rare in Sardinia, like in the wider Western Mediterranean. Such an approach is presented here in conjunction with a visual/instrumental provenance study for the Rio Saboccu Early Neolithic (EN) site, which yielded more than 1000 obsidi...