The source of Late Mesolithic obsidian recovered from Rydno XIII/1959, Central Poland

• Authors: Richard E. Hughes , Dagmara H. Werra

Title variants

PL

Pochodzenie obsydianu z późnomezolitycznego stanowiska Rydno XIII/1959, środkowa Polska

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

More than 40 years ago R. Schild reported the presence of obsidian and Vistulian lithics at Rydno XIII/1959 in central Poland, and speculated that the geological source for the obsidian lay in the Tokay region of Hungary. Non-destructive energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence analysis was conducted recently on the Rydno XIII obsidian artifacts, and the data generated support R. Schild, M. Marczak and H. Królik’s suggestion (1975). The geological source of obsidian from a late Mesolithic site in Poland has been documented for the first time by instrumental data results.

Keywords

EN

obsidian; Mesolithic; non-destructive energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) analysis; Rydno; central Poland; Tokaj-Eperjes mountains

• Publisher: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Archeologia Polski
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 59
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 31-46

Contributors

author

Richard E. Hughes

• Geochemical Research Laboratory, 20 Portola Green Circle, Portola Valley, CA 94028-7833, U.S.A.

author

Dagmara H. Werra

• Samodzielna Pracownia Prehistorycznego Górnictwa Krzemienia, Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii PAN, al. Solidarności 105, 00-140 Warszawa