Petroarchaeological investigation of so called other lithic industry from Tell Arbid Abyad, Northern Mesopotamia (Syria)

Vol.18,No.2(2011)

Abstract
Excavations at Tell Arbid Abyad detected Late Neolithic settlement features containing also so-called other lithic industry. All compact rocks were imported to Tell Arbid Abyad as a consequence of human activity. The majority of the collection comprises of angular carbonate rock chips and pebbles of unclear function. The nearest local sources of carbonate rock are represented by an alluvial fan ten kilometres to the North of the studied site and in the sediments of streams lying at the Syrian/Turkish border. On the other hand, basaltic rocks are dominant among the artefacts and probably came from the area of basalt plateau Hemma.

Keywords:
Mesopotamia; Syria; other lithic industry; petroarchaeology; geochemistry of basalts
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