NEOLITHIC OBSIDIAN: Did it fuel the expansion of farming 7,000 B.C.?

In the process of developing and making Göbekli Tepe to Stonehenge, we're lifting the corner of the carpet on all sorts of aspects to do with the Neolithic period that we perhaps would not have otherwise.

And so it is with the topic of this discussion - obsidian: we had absolutely no idea how crucial this 'black stuff' was to the spread of farming from Anatolia and the fertile crescent into Europe until really examining the narrative of how the early pioneers first ventured out in to the Aegean and crossed to mainland Greece.

Our research has turned up all sorts of surprises and we hope you all enjoy this brief overview of the power of the trade in obsidian.

00:00 - Introduction & overview
02:08 - Obsidian: what is it, where is it found?
05:05 - Obsidian in prehistory
06:04 - Significance of obsidian in archaeology
10:10 - Traade networks and exchange of ideas
13:16 - Obsidian in Mesolithic Greece and the Aegean
17:03 - Obsidian from Milos in the Franchthi Cave
20:34 - Pre-Neolithic trade networks
24:22 - Boats as medium of expansion
27:20 - CHANNEL INFO & APPEAL
29:18 - Absence of evidence
31:21 - Obsidian in the Mediterranean
33:58 - Migration of early farmers and general influences of trade
37:28 - The decline in obsidian trade/its utility and value
41:07 - Rounding up

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