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215 Index African archaeological sites: Abeke rock shelter, 58; Aduma site complex, 64; Enkapune Ya Muto rock shelter, 62, 65; FwJj4, 67; Gadeb, 63; Gamble’s Cave, 60; Garba IV, 63; Gombore 1B2, 63; HWKE, Olduvai Gorge, 60, 63; Isenya, 63; Kaptabuya, 63; Kapthurin, 63; Kariandusi, 63–64; Kilombe, 63; Kisima Farm KFR-AR 1/2, 67; Lake Besaka (FeJx4), 65; Lowasera, 67; Lukenya Hill (site GvJm16), 64; Melka Konture, 60, 63; Muguruk, 64; Mumba rock shelter, 64, 66–67; Naisiusiu, Olduvai Gorge, 66; Nasera rock shelter , 64; Ngamuriak, 62; Norikiushin (GvJh12, Nyuka River 4), 65; Ntumot (GvJh11, Ntuka River 3), 65–66; Oldorotua, 62; Olorgesailie, 63; Porc Epic Cave, 60, 63–64; Prolonged Drift, 65; Prospect Farm, 61, 64–65; Shum Lake rock shelter, 58 African Obsidian Source Regions: Ethopia and Eritrea, 60; Kenya and Tanzania, 58–60; West Africa, 58 al-Raqqa, Syria, 152–53, 187, 190, 192–98 analytical precision and error, 77–79 analytical reference standards, 76, 90 argon isotope dating, 62–63 Arrhenius equation, 21, 47 Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), 3–4, 10–12, 19, 28, 30–31, 42–43 Basaltic glass sources: Arsenievka, Russia, 98, 101; Falefa Valley, Samoa, 133–34; Goat Island, Tutuila, 132; Ilystaya, Russia, 101–3; Obrivisti, Russia, 98, 103, 106; Poperechnaya, Russia, 98, 103, 106; Tafahi Island, Tonga, 132–35; Wallis and Futuna Islands, 133–34, 137 Cerro Baúl, Peru, 76, 79–84 Cerro Mejia, Peru, 76, 79, 81–82, 84 chaîne opératoire, 185 depth profiling, 3, 6, 9, 11, 28 digital hydration rim measurement, 23 Dioscurides, 170, 175–76, 178 Early (Earlier) Stone Age, 56, 57, 63–64 effective hydration temperature (EHT), 46–50, 53–54, 61–62 Egypt, 21, 56, 68, 159–63, 166, 170, 180, 187, 189, 211 electron probe microanalysis (EPMA), 193 experimentally hydrated obsidian, 19–20, 27 fission track dating, 56, 60, 63 geological provenance, 186 glass beads, 68, 143, 151, 153, 160, 166–69, 189, 207 glass chemical composition, 143, 150–52, 158, 167–69, 172–80, 193–94, 195–96 glass corrosion, 76, 145–46, 169 glass furnaces, 151, 158–59, 187–88, 191–97 glass production, 157, 159–62, 190–91 glass provenance, 152–54, 159–60, 162–63, 180–81, 185–86, 198 glass raw materials, 187 glass unusual raw materials, 175–77 Greek islands: Gyali, 115–18, 120; Melos, 40, 115–18, 120, 177; Rhodes, 166–74, 180–81 Hawaiian volcanic glass, 131–32, 137–39 hydration age calculation, 22–24, 39–41 hydration process, 3, 26–28, 47–48 hydrogen profile, xviii, 4, 6, 19, 27, 29, 37, 42–43 hydration rate, 15–16, 19–21, 24, 27, 29, 46–47, 50, 53–54, 60–61 hydration rate development, 16–17, 26, 60 hydration rim measurement: digital microscopy, 16, 18; optical microscopy, 4, 16–17, 46; photoacoustic, 9–10; resonant nuclear reaction, 4, 18; SIMS, 4–7, 18, 204 impacts on hydration rate: composition 16, 28; temperature, 16, 46, 48–49, 56–57; vapor pressure, 16 isotopic analysis, 196–98 Italian archaeological sites, 120–26 Italian islands: Corsica, 115–16, 120, 125; Lipari (Liparae), 115–16, 118, 120–21, 123–25, 177; Palmarola, 115–18, 120–21, 123–25; Pantelleria, 115–18, 120; Sardinia, 115–16, 118, 120–22, 124–25, 128 Italian obsidian distributions, 125–26 laser ablation-inductively coupled plasmamass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS), xvii, xix, 15, 75–84, 115, 143, 145, 188, 205–7 Later Stone Age, 57–62, 65–68 Lee’s equation, 46 magnetic sector SIMS instrument, 3, 5–7, 12 Mejia Ladera, Peru, 76, 79, 81–82, 84 microblade technology, 97–112 Middle Stone Age, 56–66, 68 Monochrome Drawn Bead tradition, 143 Mtwapa, Kenya, 143–45, 150–54 natron glass, 160, 163, 166, 169–70, 172, 174, 176, 177, 179–80, 186–89, 191–92, 195–96, 199 Neolithic, 40, 56–58, 60–62, 65–68 neutron activation analysis (INAA, NAA), xvii–ix, 13, 40, 75–76, 83–84, 86–87, 89–93, 115, 117, 132, 188, 205–6 obsidian density, 4, 9, 17 obsidian initial water, 12, 28 obsidian internal fissure, 21–23, 61 obsidian sources: Alca, Peru, 79–84, 88; Arafali, Eritrea, 68; Balchitt, Ethopia, 60, 63; Charana, Bolivia, 92–94; Chivay, Peru, 9, 79, 82–84, 86, 88, 90, 92–94; Fantale, Ethopia, 67; Gyali, Greece, 115–18, 120; Igwageta, Papua New Guinea, 16–20, 41; Kedong Valley, Kenya, 59, 63; Kone, Ethopia, 63, 65; Lipari, Italy, 115–16, 118, 120–21, 123–25; Little Glass...

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