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Nigde, Niğde Province
Golludag obsidian flows
Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Flint and stone toolsAlso reported: obsidian, perlite, rhyolite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: James St. John (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rhyolite dome complex whose obsidian supplied Neolithic Anatolia and the Levant
One of the most studied prehistoric obsidian sources in the Near East.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
remote volcanic terrain
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