The geographic and ecological background behind the development and spread of
microblade technologies in Asia is a topic of considerable research interest. Microblade …

This article is a critical review of published data from the earliest evidence of pressure
knapped microblade technology from various regions in Northeast Asia (Siberia, Korea …

The Lower to Middle Paleolithic transition (~ 400,000 to 200,000 years ago) is marked by
technical, behavioral, and anatomical changes among hominin populations throughout …

Uncritical application of portable X‐ray fluorescence (PXRF) to non‐destructive analysis of
archaeological ceramics has been received with scepticism. In this article, we present a …

Elemental analysis is a fundamental method of analysis on archaeological materials to
address their overall composition or identify the source of their geological components, yet …

The obsidian sources of central Anatolia, the Aegean and central Europe have been studied
in detail over the past 50 years. Various analytical techniques have been employed to …

Handheld portable XRF (HHpXRF) has received considerable recent attention in
archaeology, especially for obsidian sourcing. Published studies largely suggest a high …

Integrating portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) instrumentation into archaeological
investigations has generated as much interest as skepticism because several characteristics …

Portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) has been demonstrated as a powerful tool to assign
obsidian artifacts to sources. Newer instruments can even match artifacts from some regions …

New Zealand has some of the most active areas of rhyolitic volcanism in the world and this
has produced numerous obsidian sources in the northern half of the North Island. In total …