Provenance of Prehistoric Obsidian Artifacts of Khoy Plain in NW Iran Using X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) Analysis

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ABEDI AKBAR; BAHREMANDI POORFARD RANA; GARAVAND AFRASIAB; Malekpour Fatemeh; RAZANI MEHDI

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Journal: PAZHOHESH-HA-YE BASTANSHENASI IRAN Year:2019 | Volume:9 | Issue:21 Page(s): 41-60

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Provenance of Prehistoric Obsidian Artifacts of Khoy Plain in NW Iran Using X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) Analysis

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There are many uses of Obsidian by prehistoric peoples that includes a long period from Paleolithic until the Bronze Age and before the invention of metal. Due to its chemical structure, Obsidian has special potential for fingerprinting and provenance studies, and it allows for the reconstruction of long-distance trade and the history of prehistoric exchanges in various parts of the Western Asia. Until now, only Obsidian mines have been identified in Anatolia (northeast, southeast, central, western) and the Caucasus, and based on experimental analysis of the Obsidian tools of the ancient sites of the northwest of Iran, however, some samples obtained from various parts of Iran, have remained unexploited due to lack of studies on the origins and identification of major mines and other indigenous mines. This research is trying to analyze 38 samples of Obsidian artifacts belong to Chalcolithic and Bronze Age (Kura-Araxes) cultures, from 9 different prehistoric sites in Khoy region with using the XRF analysis method for identification of Chalcolithic and Bronze Age provenance sources, and to clarify that in which period which sources have been used predominantly and whether changes to the source have been made by changing in each period or not they used only the same sources in different periods. Our analysis show that 53 artifacts from the prehistoric sites of Khoy came from nine different sources. The sources are: Meydan Dag (15 artifacts), Syunik (8 artifacts), Tsakhunyats (4 artifacts), Suphan Dag (3 artifacts), Gutansar (3 artifacts), Arteni (2 artifacts) and Nemrut Dag and Tendurek (1 artifact) and unassigned (1 artifact). According to analysis results Meydan Dag and Syunik could be suggested as two main Obsidian sources of prehistoric sites of Khoy region.

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ABEDI, AKBAR, BAHREMANDI POORFARD, RANA, GARAVAND, AFRASIAB, Malekpour, Fatemeh, & RAZANI, MEHDI. (2019). Provenance of Prehistoric Obsidian Artifacts of Khoy Plain in NW Iran Using X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) Analysis. PAZHOHESH-HA-YE BASTANSHENASI IRAN, 9(21 ), 41-60. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/244938/en

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ABEDI AKBAR, BAHREMANDI POORFARD RANA, GARAVAND AFRASIAB, Malekpour Fatemeh, RAZANI MEHDI. Provenance of Prehistoric Obsidian Artifacts of Khoy Plain in NW Iran Using X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) Analysis. PAZHOHESH-HA-YE BASTANSHENASI IRAN[Internet]. 2019;9(21 ):41-60. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/244938/en

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AKBAR ABEDI, RANA BAHREMANDI POORFARD, AFRASIAB GARAVAND, Fatemeh Malekpour, and MEHDI RAZANI, “Provenance of Prehistoric Obsidian Artifacts of Khoy Plain in NW Iran Using X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) Analysis,” PAZHOHESH-HA-YE BASTANSHENASI IRAN, vol. 9, no. 21 , pp. 41–60, 2019, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/244938/en

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