International Obsidian Conference 2019
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The International Obsidian Conference 2019 focused on various aspects of obsidian research, including sourcing, geochemical classification, and the archaeological significance of obsidian artifacts. Held in Sárospatak, Hungary, the conference featured presentations on obsidian from diverse geographical locations, touching on issues of exchange, production, and consumption throughout different chronological periods. The gathering fostered discussions on contemporary methodologies and traditional practices in the study of obsidian, with an emphasis on closed and open debates regarding current findings and future directions in obsidian studies.
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Contents List of Contributors ............................................................................................................................................... ii List of Figures ....................................................................................................................................................... iii List of Tables ...........................................................................................................................................................v Chapter 1. Chipping Away at the Past: An Introduction ......................................................................................1 Danielle J. Riebe and Gary M. Feinman Chapter 2. Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence: The Role of Inter-Laboratory Collaborations in a Lake Huron Archaeological Discovery ..................................................................................7 Danielle J. Riebe, Ashley K. Lemke, Jeffrey R. Ferguson, Alex J. Nyers, Elizabeth P. Sonnenburg, Brendan S. Nash, John M. O’Shea Chapter 3. A (Near) Comprehensive Chemical Characterization of Obsidian in the Field Museum Collections from the Hopewell Site, Ross County, Ohio .....................................................................................17 Mark Golitko, John V. Dudgeon, Claire Stanecki Chapter 4. Emergent Economic Networks in the American Southwest .............................................................45 Danielle J. Riebe, Gary M. Feinman, Jeffrey R. Ferguson Chapter 5. Changing Patterns of Obsidian Procurement in Highland Oaxaca, Mexico ....................................58 Linda M. Nicholas, Gary M. Feinman, Mark Golitko Chapter 6. Instrument Source Attributions of Obsidian Artifacts from Tikal, Guatemala ...............................76 Hattula Moholy-Nagy Chapter 7. Classic Maya Obsidian Blades: Sourced from Afar and Produced in the Local Marketplace ...........87 Bernadette Cap Chapter 8. Macroscale Shifts in Obsidian Procurement Networks Across Prehispanic Mesoamerica .............98 Gary M. Feinman, Linda M. Nicholas, Mark Golitko Chapter 9. The Characterization of Small-Sized Obsidian Debitage Using P-XRF: A Case Study from Arequipa, Peru ....................................................................................................................................................124 David A. Reid, Patrick Ryan Williams, Kurt Rademaker, Nicholas Tripcevich, Michael D. Glascock Chapter 10. Obsidian Utilization in the Moquegua Valley through the Millennia .........................................148 Patrick Ryan Williams, David A. Reid, Donna Nash, Sofia Chacaltana, Kirk Costion, Paul Goldstein, Nicola Sharratt Chapter 11. Concluding Thoughts: Open Networks, Economic Transfers, and Sourcing Obsidian ................162 Gary M. Feinman and Danielle J. Riebe
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International Obsidian
Conference 2019
27–29 May 2019,
Sárospatak (Hungary)
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Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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Centre for Energy Research,
Hungarian Academy of Sciences,
Budapest, Hungary
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Mining and Geological Survey of Hungary,
Budapest, Hungary
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Hungarian Natural History Museum,
Budapest, Hungary
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Herman Ottó Museum, Miskolc, Hungary
State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr,
Bratislava, Slovakia
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Institute of Archaeology,
Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra, Slovakia
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Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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Taras Shevchenko National University,
Kyiv, Ukraine
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Ferenc Rákóczi II. Transcarpathian
Hungarian Institute, Beregovo, Ukraine
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International Obsidian
Conference 2019
27–29 May 2019,
Sárospatak (Hungary)
Venue:
Rákóczi Museum of the HNM,
Sárospatak
Organised by:
Hungarian National Museum,
Budapest
International Obsidian Conference
Program
Abstracts
Field Guide
Edited by
András MARKÓ, Kata SZILÁGYI & Katalin T. BIRÓ
Published by the Hungarian National Museum (2019)
H-1088 Budapest, Múzeum krt. 14-16
Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Benedek Varga, General Director of HNM
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ISBN 978-615-5978-08-1 (printed version)
ISBN 978-615-5978-09-8 (digital version, pdf)
International Obsidian Conference
Program
Abstracts
Field Guide
Edited by
András MARKÓ, Kata SZILÁGYI & Katalin T. BIRÓ
Contents
Program
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Abstracts
17
Field Guide
73
List of Participants
141
Supporters of the Conference
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Sárospatak main locations (map)
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Notes
149
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Conference program
Day 0 (26 May)
14:00-20:00 Conference Registration
14:00-18:00 Visit exhibitions
16:00-18:00 Guided tour at the Red Tower of the Rákóczi Museum (on special request, please
contact organisers)
18:00-20:00 Ice-breaking party at Rákóczi Museum
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Day 1 (27 May)
8:00-12:00 Conference Registration
9:00: opening – Welcome speeches
9:30-11:20: lectures
Session I - Obsidian sources and their characterisation
9:30-9:50
Barba, L. - Esparza, R. - Ruvalcaba, J. L.: Building a data base of the Mesoamerican obsidian
outcrops
9:50-10:10
Reepmeyer, C. - O’Connor, S. - Mahirta - Irfan, A.: An update on the South Wallacean
obsidian interaction sphere
10:10-10:30
Suda, Y. - Oyokawa, M. - Inata, Y.: Geochemical classification and characterization of
obsidian sources in Oki-Dogo island: application to the provenance study of
archaeological obsidian artifacts
10:30-10:50
Akbar Abedi - Dibazar, Mohammadi Vahideh - Steiniger, D. - Glascock, M. D.: The
Provenance of Kul Tepe Obsidian Artifacts; Syunik and the Highlands of Armenia as
Possible Seasonal Pastureland
10:50-11:10
Přichystal, A. - Strunga, V. - Furmanek, M. - Rapiński, A.: Provenance of the Stroked Pottery
culture obsidian from Dzielnica (Opole province, Upper Silesia, Poland)
11:10-11:20
General discussion on session I
11:20-11:40: Coffee break
11:40-12:50: lectures
Session II - Formation and geology of obsidian
11:40-12:00
Kohút, M. - Anczkiewicz, R. - Danišík, M. - Erban, V. - Gerdes, A. - Halton, A. - Kirkland,
Ch. - Kochergina, Y. - Magna, T. - Milovsky, R. - Pearce, N. - Recio, C. - Sherlock, S. Westgate, J. - Bačo, P.: Progress in geological understanding of the Carpathian
obsidians
12:00-12:20
Szepesi, J. - Vona, A. - Fintor K. - Buday T. - Scarani, A. - Harangi, Sz.: Cooling and
hydration of the Carpathian obsidian, a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC),
thermogravimetry (DTA) and infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) study
12:20-12:40
Lexa, J.-Bačo, P.-Bačová, Z.-Konečný, P.-Konečný, V.†-Németh, K.-Pécskay, Z.: Viničky
rhyolite volcano: one of the sources of obsidian in Eastern Slovakia
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12:40-12:50
General discussion on session II
12:50-14:00 lunch break
14:00-15:30 lectures
Session III -Analytical aspects of obsidian studies
14:00-14:20
Kasztovszky, Zs. - Szilágyi, V. - Maróti, B. - Harsányi, I. - Len, A. - Gméling, K.: Neutron
studies in the obsidian research - performed at the Budapest Neutron Centre
14:20-14:40
Donato, P. - Barba, L. - Crocco, M. C. - De Rosa, R. - Donato, S. - Filosa, R. - Lanzafame, G.
- Niceforo, G. -Pastrana, A. - Crisci, G. M.: Microtomography of the vesiculated
obsidians of Sierra Las Navajas (Hidalgo, Mexico)
14:40-15:00
Mashima, H. - Suto, T.: Linking WD-XRF and ED-XRF for obsidian sourcing: a case study
for the Paleolithic Omegura sites at Nagawa town, Nagano prefecture, Japan
15:00-15:20
Stevenson, Ch. M. - Rogers, A. - Ladefoged, T. N.: A Molecular Model for Water Diffusion
in Obsidian
15:20-15:30
General discussion on session III
15:30-15:50 Coffee break
15:50-17:00: Poster session
Session I: Obsidian sources and their characterisation
Rácz, B.: The Carpahian 3 obsidian - the geoarchaeological review
Donato, P. - Barba, L. - De Rosa, R. - Niceforo, G. -Pastrana, A. - Crisci, G. M.: Sub-sourcing
of Sierra de las Navajas obsidians (Hidalgo, Mexico)
Magyari, S. I. - Gherdán, K. - Markó, A - Topa, B. - Albert, G. - Weiszburg, T.: A 19th
century pseudo-obsidian reference: the glassy andesite of Buják, Hungary as possible
chipped stone raw material
Bačová, Z.-Bačo, P.: Occurrences of the volcanic glass related to Neogene volcanism in the
Eastern Slovakia
Session III - Analytical aspects of obsidian studies
Starnini, E. - Panelli, C. - Le Bourdonnec, F.-X. - Lugliè, C.: New results from sourcing the
early Neolithic obsidian artefacts from Pollera Cave (Liguria, NW Italy)
Aghamalyan, N. R. - Kafadaryan, Y. A. - Nersisyan, M. N. - Smbatyan, H. A.:
Semitransparent obsidian of dark gray color from Artheni deposit (Armenia)
Kohút, M. - Čižmár, E. - Dekan, J. - Drábik, M. - Hrouda, F. - Jesenák, K. - Kliuikov, A. Miglierini, M. - Mikuš, T. - Milovská, S. - Šauša, O. - Šurka, J. - Bačo, P.: Physical
methods of the Carpathian obsidians study
Petřík, J.-Prokeš, L.-Přichystal, A.-Škrdla, P.-Kaminská, Ľ.-Oliva, M.-Svoboda, J.-Nemergut,
A.-Burgert, P.-Kuča, M.:Non-destructive ED-XRF provenance analysis of Palaeolithic
obsidian artifacts from the Czech Republic and Slovakia
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Session IV - Use of obsidian by chronological periods
Oyokawa, M. - Suda, Y. - Inata, Y. - Nada, T.: Upper Palaeolithic obsidian exploitation and
human behavior in the Oki Islands and Chūgoku Mountains of the Southwestern part of
the Japanese archipelago
Le Bourdonnec, F.-X. - Orange, M. - Bellot-Gurlet, L. - Dubernet, S. - Lugliè, C. - Leandri,
C.: Circulation and origen of the obsidian in the Tyrrhenian zone: the example of
prehistoric Corsica
Szeliga, M.: The inflow of obsidian north of the Carpathians during the Neolithic: chronocultural variability of distribution
Szeliga, M. - Kasztovszky, Zs. - Szilágyi, V.: New PGAA data on the origen of Early
Neolithic (LPC) obsidian in the upper Vistula Basin
Session VI - Contemporary approaches to reconstructing exchange
Biró, K. T. - Kasztovszky, Zs. - Mester, A.: New-old obsidian nucleus depot find from
Besenyőd, NE Hungary
Priskin, A. - Szeverényi, V. - Wieszner, B.: Obsidian exchange in Early Neolithic Eastern
Hungary
Gratuze, B. - Tardy, N. - Kalantarian, I. - Perello, B. - Chataigner, C.: The development of
obsidian procurement in the cave of Getahovit (NE Armenia)
17:00-18:40: lectures
Session VII - Super-long distance movement of obsidian in prehistory: why, how and
what for?
17:00-17:20
Demidenko, Y. E. - Hauck, T. - Frahm, E.: “And even one warrior is in the field”: an
importance of Yabrud II (Syria) obsidian artifact for understanding of EUP human
dispersal events beyond the East Mediterranean Levant
17:20-17:40
Kuzmin, Y. V.: Super-long-distance exchange of obsidian in the prehistoric Arctic: current
evidence from Northeast Siberia and Alaska
17:40-18:00
Vianello, A. - Tykot, R. H: Obsidian production and consumption in Yellowstone National
Park, USA
18:00-18:20
Jokhadze, S.: Chikiani obsidian source and transportation routes in Neolithic-Chalcolithic
period cultures of Lesser Caucasus of Georgia
18:20-18:40
General discussion on session VII
19:30-21:30 Reception given by the Mayor of Sárospatak at Hotel Bodrog
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Day 2 (28 May)
9:00-11:20: lectures
Session IV - Use of obsidian by chronological periods
9:00-9:20
Markó, A.: The use of the Slovakian and Hungarian obsidian: the earliest data
9:20-9:40
Shimada, K.: A local behavior system for obsidian acquisition in a source area: Integrative
lithic analyses focused on the Early Upper Palaeolithic industry of Hiroppara II in the
Central Highlands, Japan
9:40-10:00
Ono, A.: Acquisition patterns of obsidian at the Upper Palaeolithic Mattobara site in northcentral Japan
10:00-10:20
Doronicheva, E. - Shackley, S. M. - Golovanova, L. V. - Doronichev, V. B.: Exploitation of
the Zayukovo (Baksan) obsidian in the Paleolithic of the Northern Caucasus: new
discoveries and new sites
10:20-10:40
Wilczyński, J. - Lengyel, Gy.: Obsidian as a determinant of the migration routes of Gravettian
and Epigravettian hunter-gatherers
10:40-11:00
Kaminská, Ľ: Use of obsidian from the Paleolithic to the Bronze Age in Slovakia
11:00-11:20
General discussion on session IV (part 1)
11:40-10:40 Coffee break
11:40-14:00: lectures
Session IV - Use of obsidian by chronological periods
11:40-12:00
Szilágyi, K.: Some thoughts about the cultural traditions and raw material selection strategies
connected to obsidian in the Neolithic Carpathian basin
12:00-12:20
Jovanović, I. - Sommer, U.: The distribution of obsidian in the Middle Danube area in the
Neolithic
12:20-12:40
Sztáncsuj, S. J. - Biró, K. T. - Nagy-Korodi, I. - Constantinescu, B.† - Hágó, A. - Berecki, S. Mirea, P. - Szilágyi, V. - Maróti, B. - Kasztovszky, Zs.: Nuclear analytical
investigations on prehistoric obsidian artefacts from Romania
12:40-13:00
Boroneanţ, A. - Bonsall, C.: Geochemical characterization of obsidian artefacts from
Mesolithic and Neolithic sites in the Iron Gates, Southeast Europe
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Session V - Lithic technology and use-wear
13:00-13:20
Jovanović, I. - Bogosavljević Petrović, V.: Technology of obsidian assemblage from the Late
Neolithic site of Potporanj (Serbia)
13:20-13:40
Nemergut, A. - Cheben, M.: Unique grinded obsidian finds from Eneolithic site at NitraSelenec
13:40-14:00
General discussion on session IV (part 2) and session V.
14:00-15:00: lunch break
15:00-19:00 Excursion Hungarian obsidian localities: Bodrogkeresztúr, Mád and
Olaszliszka
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Day 3 (29 May)
9:00-10:10: lectures
Session VI - Contemporary approaches to reconstructing exchange
9:00-9:20
Moutsiou, T.: Least Cost Pathway analysis of obsidian circulation and social communication
in Early Holocene Cyprus
9:20-9:40
Tykot, R. H. - Vianello, A.: Changes in Obsidian Island Source Usage in Northern Italy
during the Neolithic: Selection or Availability?
9:40-10:00
Freund, K. P. - Craig, A.: Obsidian Exploitation and Shifting Cultural Identities on Sardinia
and Corsica
10:00-10:10
General discussion on session VI
10:10-10:30: Coffee break
10:30-12:50: lectures
Session VIII - Exploring the allure of obsidian: Symbolic, social, and practical values for
obsidian
10:30-10:50
Orange, M. - Le Bourdonnec, F.-X. - Gratuze, B. - Berthon, R. - Marro, C.: Humans and
materials in motion in the Southern Caucasus: exploring the role of mobile pastoralists
in the exploitation and diffusion of obsidian
10:50-11:10
Torrence, R. - Rath, P. - Dickinson, P. - Kononenko, N.: Producing value: obsidian stemmed
tools from West New Britain, Papua New Guinea
11:10-11:30
Sobkowiak-Tabaka, I.: Obsidian in context
11:30-11:50
Werra, D. H.: Investigation the sources and uses of obsidian during the Neolithic in Poland –
preliminary review
11:50-12:10
Šošić Klindžić, R.- Kasztovszky, Zs. - Kalafatić, H. - Tripković, B.: Fashion is tradition.
Obsidian on Northern Balkans Copper Age sites
12:10-12:30
Campbell, S. - Kuzmin, Y. V. - Healey, E. - Glascock, M. D.: Reflection of the magus: The
provenance of an obsidian mirror associated with the sixteenth century polymath, John
Dee
12:30-12:50
General discussion on session VIII
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12:50-13:00
Closing address
13:00-14:00: lunch break
14:00-19:00 Excursion Slovakian obsidian localities: Viničky, Streda nad Bodrogom,
Cejkov
20:00-22:00 Conference dinner
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Day + (30 May)
Post-Conference tours
Tour 1: 8:00-19:00 Sárospatak – Beregsurány – Rokosovo – Beregovo – Sárospatak
consider for departure and accommodation
Tour 2: 9:00-17:00 Sárospatak – Miskolc, Herman Ottó Museum – Budapest
Tour 3: 9:00-17:00 Sárospatak – Budapest, Budapest Neutron Centre – Budapest City Centre
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