Pantelleria Island was a major obsidian source, supporting a Mediterranean trade network dating to at least 10,000 years ago during the Neolithic. Boats carried obsidian across the region long before written records. 🚢⛵
Mediterranean obsidian trade network dated to at least 10,000 years ago
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Key facts
- Pantelleria Island was an important source of obsidian.
- Obsidian from Pantelleria was transported across the Mediterranean.
- The trade network dated to at least 10,000 years ago, not 20,000 years ago.
- Obsidian was carried by boat between Pantelleria and other Mediterranean destinations.
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A long-term perspective on the exploitation of Lipari obsidian in ...sciencedirect.com
This paper discusses the long-term exploitation of the island's raw materials from the sixth to second millennia BC.
Obsidian Studies in the Prehistoric Central Mediterranean...degruyterbrill.com
Obsidian sourcing studies have been conducted in the central Mediterranean for more than 50 years. Detailed studies have been done on the geological sources ...
[PDF] Characterization Of Obsidian Sources In Pantelleria, Italydigitalcommons.usf.edu
... obsidian played in the creation of more complex trade and social networks in the Neolithic. The most that these results can offer a limited ...
(PDF) Obsidians of Pantelleria (Strait of Sicily) - ResearchGateresearchgate.net
This paper provides new petrochemical and paleomagnetic data from obsidian sub-sources on the island of Pantelleria, exploited since the ...
Pantelleria Historypantelleria.com
The fertile volcanic soils covering the island became the main source of wealth of Pantelleria. Along with them obsidian continued to provide the material ...
Characterization Of Obsidian Sources In Pantelleria, Italydigitalcommons.usf.edu
by BA Vargo · Cited by 8 — This investigation focused on the procurement, processing, and distribution of obsidian from the island of Pantelleria, situated between the southwestern coast ...
Characterization of obsidian sources in Pantelleria, Italyacademia.edu
The study identifies multiple chemically distinct obsidian sources on Pantelleria, affecting trade networks in the Western Mediterranean. Obsidian from ...
Mediterranean and Near East obsidian reference samples ...nature.com
by P Avino · 2014 · Cited by 15 — The largest deposits of obsidian found in this area come from the Italian islands of Lipari, Palmarola, Pantelleria and Sardinia. Briefly, some ...
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