Sentences with phrase «obsidian sourcing»

We sought to bring new tools for chemical analysis with us into the field, so we can do obsidian sourcing as we excavate or survey an archaeological site, not wait until months or years later to learn the results.

The work is the latest of Dr Frahm's achievements in the field of obsidian sourcing, an area that he previously researched in Syria, prior to the current conflict situation which now threatens the country's heritage.

Not exact matches

A trio of papers released online in Science this week shows how in this technological transition, these toolmakers in the Olorgesailie Basin in Kenya chose as raw material shiny black obsidian and white and green chert, rocks they had to get from distant sources or through trade networks.

For whatever reason, the people who lived in the houses excavated at Yautepec all used obsidian tools from five different geological sources.

We recovered thousands of broken obsidian blades, whose closest geological source was 100 kilometers away.

The remaining 10 percent of obsidian tools — as determined by x-ray fluorescence studies at the University at Albany — came from at least 10 other geological sources scattered throughout central Mexico.

Although written sources report that the Aztecs and Tarascans were constantly at war, the excavations nonetheless provide clear evidence that Tarascan bronze and obsidian were traded across the border and that they made their way into the homes of provincial commoners through the Aztec marketing system.

The area was a major source of obsidian and the city may have played a military role alongside an important trade route from the Veracruz coast into the highlands.

X-Ray Fluorescence of the gray obsidians also revealed that other pieces came from Michoacan and another still unknown Mexican source.

South Park: The Stick of Truth — 2014's South Park game by Ubisoft and Obsidian Entertainment — was a delight, captivating with its spot - on animation that felt like you were watching a new episode, hilarious and outrageous humor that pushed even harder than the source material, and simple yet solid RPG gameplay that made combat fun and fit right in with the source material.

According to a different source familiar with the project, Prey 2 was in development at Obsidian, the company behind games like Fallout: New Vegas and Alpha Protocol, for at least a few months.