Analyses of Obsidians from the late Chalcolithic Levels of Arslantepe (Malatya)

Abstract

The AA. illustrate the results of the analyses, by fluorescence X-ray and refractive index, of obsidians both from source areas of central and eastern Anatolia and from late-chalcolithic levels of Arslantepe (Malatya, Turkey). These levels are characterized by a large prevalence of eastern obsidians from many source areas; therefore their evidence fit in the pattern of diffusion outlined for the Chalcolithic by previous authors.