Though precisely when the Fenn artifacts were made is unknown, experts used a process known as hydration analysis to get a rough idea of when two obsidian points in the cache were created.

Another way to understand past social and economic relations is to track down the origin of the raw materials used to make the artifacts recovered in archaeological sites. Obsidian, formed by the ...

But how do we manage this ever-growing collection of digital artifacts? It’s important ... PKM (Personal Knowledge Management) tools like Obsidian come into play. It’s a powerful note-taking ...

As I have written, by conducting XRF on the artifacts/ belongings in islanders’ personal collections, we know that like most places in the southern Salish Sea, Lasqueti obsidian artifacts come from a ...

Among the most intriguing artifacts of this period are the obsidian mirrors, finely crafted pieces whose function remains a subject of debate. Recent archaeological studies have allowed researchers to ...

This artifact was used to provide stone blades. Blade cores provided a portable source of stone or obsidian for manufacturing different kinds of tools by flaking off pieces from the core.