Accession No

1987.1005.1 A


Description

Obsidian specimen, thinned towards one edge.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Palestine; West Bank; Jericho


Period

Pre-Pottery Neolithic A


Source

British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem [donor]; Kenyon, Kathleen [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1987.1005.1 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Obsidian


Local Term


Measurements

19mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Deposit: Square E I II V - QQ; 1st major H-B house; IV ix

Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1987.1005.1 [A-B]: 'Obsidian; Stone Obsidian; Specimen'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Jericho, excavated by Kathleen Kenyon, 1952-1958. See archive for field notebooks, distribution lists, etc. (BR6/3/1/1 – BR6/3/1/8).
Event Date 1952
Author: Sam Daisley


Context (References)
Payne, J.C. (1983). ‘Appendix C: The Flint Industries of Jericho’. In Kenyon, K.M. and Holland, T.A. Excavations at Jericho, Vol. V: The Pottery Phases of the Tell and Others Finds. London: The British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem.
Event Date 1983
Author: Sam Daisley


Context (Related Documents)
Note on old envelope containing obsidian reads: '(One specimen taken for analysis, C. Renfrew 1963)'
Event Date 6/11/2001
Author: Sam Daisley


Context (Analysis)
In August 2015, Prof. Stuart Campbell and Dr Elizabeth Healey, University of Manchester, tested part of this idno using a portable XRF as part of a programme of obsidian source analysis of Middle Eastern material. The envelope containing the tested piece(s) of obsidian has been marked 'XRF Tested 2015'.
Event Date 23/3/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn


Description (Physical description)
Obsidian specimen, thinned towards one edge.
Event Date 27/7/2022
Author: Sam Daisley


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