Volcanic glass has been discovered at more than 500 ... Now, researchers may have answered how these artifacts made of obsidian ended up so far away from their point of origin, according to ...

Archaeologists in Oman uncovered a 4,000-year-old musical instrument, a pair of copper cymbals, in the ruins of an ancient ...

For the ancestral peoples of the Pacific Coast, obsidian (volcanic glass) was a highly valued raw material because it could be used to make razor-sharp cutting tools. However, for many parts of the ...

The obsidian artifacts were traced back to four primary regions, including one in Idaho, one in Wyoming, and two in British Columbia, experts said. Photo by Todd Kristensen Volcanic glass has been ...