A Kin-based Trade Partnership Model for Obsidian in the Halafian Interaction Sphere: A View from the Southern Levant Wadi Rabah Culture

The abundance of obsidian at the Pottery Neolithic Wadi Rabah culture (7600/500–6800 cal. bp ) settlement Hagoshrim IV in northern Israel, rich repertoire stamp seals, and imported chlorite vessels site, as well presence skilled knappers, indicate intensive trade. Reviewing archaeological data, we propose that discovered other sites southern Levant reflects one earliest forms a kin-based direct Kin-based trade partnerships revolve around migration family members from source area goods to areas which are highly valued form trading communities act agents receive them. We further acted possible community, interacting with settlements Israel transition mainly central Anatolian sources (in Pre-Pottery period) Eastern is connected changes occurring obsidian, possibly rise Halaf cultural complex c . 7900 All these was integrated expanding interaction sphere Middle Late Halafian.