Characterization of the Obsidian Used in the Chipped Stone Industry in Kendale Hecala

Kendale Hecala is located on the Ambar River in Upper Tigris Basin, province of Diyarbakır Southeast Anatolia. Various raw materials, including obsidian, radiolarite, chert, jasper, chalcedony, and quartzite, were used lithic industry. Obsidian artefacts constitute an average 64% chipped stone assemblage. Technological analysis reveals that obsidian was brought to settlement as nodules into various tools at settlement. Understanding operational sequence industry, chaîne opératoire, distribution material from source site, important demonstrate socio-cultural organization Southeastern Anatolia during Ubaid period. In order identify varieties, uncovered layers analyzed by macro-observations, characterization archaeological samples performed using a handheld XRF. Multivariate data indicates use different resources settlement, Nemrut Dağ, Bingöl B, Group 3d.