Fig 1.
Malia and the obsidian sources detailed in the study.
Compiled in QGIS 3.16.3 using ESRI World Terrain base map, by C. Lopez. Original copyright with the authors.
Fig 2.
Map showing main sites mentioned in the text.
Compiled in QGIS 3.16.3 using ESRI World Terrain base map, by C. Lopez. Original copyright with the authors.
Fig 3.
Plan of the Malia excavations.
Plan reproduced with permission of the École Française d’Athènes.
Table 1.
Fig 4.
Plan of Quartier Nu indicating distribution and source of artifacts characterized.
Plan reproduced with permission of the École Française d’Athènes, with additions by Kress, N, Milić, M.
Fig 5.
General reconstruction of obsidian blade-core preparation and reduction sequence at Bronze Age Malia.
Reproduced from [116]; original copyright with the authors.
Fig 6.
Techno-typological classes represented in the Quartier Nu ‘Melian’ obsidian assemblage, as defined by visual discrimination.
F1 / F2 / F3 = >80% / 5–80% / <5% cortex on dorsal surface, respectively; Prep = core preparation flake; B/F = blade-like flake; Rejuv = core rejuvenation flake. Original copyright with the authors.
Table 2.
Contextual, techno-typological, source, and blind test data for the analysed Quartier Nu artifacts.
Table 3.
Element content and source assignment for the 36 Quartier Nu artifacts.
Fig 7.
Ternary Fe-Cs-Sc diagram for the 36 Quartier Nu artifacts analyzed using NAA.
Le Bourdonnec, F.-X; original copyright with the authors.
Fig 8.
Techno-typological classes represented in the Quartier Nu obsidian assemblage elementally characterized in this study.
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Fig 9.
Artifacts of obsidian sourced to Sta Nychia, Dhemenegaki (Melos), and Giali A.
All cross-sections drawn at midpoint; Labriola, L., Milić, M. Original copyright with the authors.
Table 4.
Average width and thickness of prismatic blades from Cretan and mainland Middle–Late Bronze Age contexts.
Data for Malia ([115] and this paper), Mochlos [128, 131], Midea and Tsoungiza [143].
Table 5.
Relative proportion of raw materials (obsidian and chert) in a selection of Maliote and later Bronze Age Greek mainland chipped stone assemblages.
Abords Sud-Ouest du Palais [132], Quartier Mu [115]; Batîment Pi, Quartier Nu (this paper); Petras [154]; Mochlos [128, 131]; Chania Kastelli [140, 141, 155, 156]; Agios Stephanos [157]; Midea, Tsoungiza [143].
Table 6.
Modes of blade initiation and core rejuvenation detailed in Prepalatial to Final Palatial obsidian assemblages at Malia.
CB = crested blade; Bl Rem Cr / Cr = blade with remnant cresting / cortex; Rej Plat / Face / Back = rejuvenation flake from core’s platform / face / back.