Neolithic Social Networks By Way Of Obsidian Blades

The networks of the Neolithic people are larger and more complicated than previously thought, according to an analysis of obsidian blades.

A recent study¹ reveals that the Neolithic networks are more complicated than previously thought, based on an analysis of obsidian artifacts discovered during the 1960s at two significant archaeological sites in southwest Iran. This study is the first to utilize cutting-edge analytical techniques on a group of 2,100 obsidian objects kept at the Yale Peab…