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OBSIDIAN MAGNETICS "STARTER PACK"

I have selected this "starter pack" from my publications to demonstrate how I developed and used techniques from rock magnetic characterization to investigate how raw obsidian was collected at an individual source.

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Comparing Lower and Middle Palaeolithic lithic procurement behaviors within the Hrazdan basin of central Armenia

 

Frahm et al. 2020

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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Middle Palaeolithic lithic procurement behaviors at Lusakert Cave 1, Hrazdan Valley, Armenia

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Frahm et al. 2016

Journal of Human Evolution

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Lithic raw material units based on magnetic properties: A blind test with Armenian obsidian and application to the Middle Palaeolithic site of Lusakert Cave 1

 

Frahm et al. 2016

Journal of Archaeological Science

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Sourcing geochemically identical obsidian: Multiscalar magnetic variations in the Gutansar volcanic complex and implications for Palaeolithic research in Armenia

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Frahm et al. 2014

Journal of Archaeological Science

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From flow to quarry: Magnetic properties of obsidian and changing the scales of archaeological sourcing

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Frahm and Feinberg 2013

Journal of Archaeological Science

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Environment and collapse: Eastern Anatolian obsidians at Urkesh (Tell Mozan, Syria) and the third-millennium Mesopotamian urban crisis

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Frahm and Feinberg 2013

Journal of Archaeological Science

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Empires and resources: Central Anatolian obsidian at Urkesh (Tell Mozan, Syria) during the Akkadian period

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Frahm and Feinberg 2013

Journal of Archaeological Science

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