Author/Authors :
Biagi, P. “Ca’ Foscari” University - Department of Asian and North African Studies, Italy , Gratuze, B. Institut de Pecbercbes sur les Arcbeomateriaux - Centre Ernest Babelon, France , Gratuze, B. CNRS/Universiti Orleans, France , Kiosak, D. V. ‘I.I. Mecbnikov” National University - Department of Arcbaeology and Ethnology of the Ukraine, Ukraine , Tubolzev, O. V. ‘New Archaeological School” Public Organiyation, Ukraine , Popandopulo, Z. H. Zaporizkiy Kroeznavcby Muzey, Ukraine
Abstract :
This paper discusses the results obtained from the characterization of six obsidian samples from the Neolithic sites of Lysa Gora and one from Semenovka 1, in southeastern Ukraine. They show that obsidians of different sources were utilized by the inhabitants of Lysa Gora, among which are Baksan (Russian Federation), Sjunik (Armenia) and another undefined source, while the provenance of the bladelet fragment from Semenovka 1 is of particular interest since it comes from one of the Golludag outcrops in Central Anatolia. The first characterization of Ukrainian specimens fills a gap in our knowledge in the distribution of the archaeological obsidians in a wide region delimited by the Carpathians, in the west, and the Caucasus, in the east. They contribute to the interpretation of the models of their procurement and circulation in the steppe region northwest of the Azov Sea during the Neolithic.
Keywords :
Obsidian , Neolithic , Semenovka 1 , Dysa Gora , Golludag
