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Welcome to the International Association for Obsidian Studies (IAOS) home page. From here, you can find out about the IAOS and explore technical information related to obsidian characterization ("sourcing") studies and obsidian hydration dating methods.

IAOS BULLETIN 48 (WINTER 2013) IS NOW OUT: All issues of the IAOS Bulletin are now available for downloading as searchable Adobe Acrobat documents. Point, click, and print to complete your library.

IAOS ELECTION RESULTS: Congratulations go to Dr. Jeffrey Ferguson, the new IAOS President-Elect. Jeff is now at the Archaeometry Laboratory at MURR.

NEW IAOS BULLETIN E-MAIL: Submissions to the IAOS Bulletin can be made to Carolyn Dillian, the Bulletin editor, at the new permanent email address: IAOS.editor@gmail.com.

THE IAOS PDF LIBRARY: We've begun to assemble an ever-expanding collection of obsidian-related full-text articles, reports, monographs, papers, theses, dissertations, and abstracts, all in searchable Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. If you have PDF's that you'd like to contribute to the new PDF library, we would very much like to hear from you! To add a reference to the library, simply send an email to cskinner@obsidianlab.com, write "IAOS LIBRARY" in the subject line of the email, and attach the PDF's that you'd like to contribute.

TAKE CARE OF YOUR MEMBERSHIP DUES ONLINE: We have a newly-updated membership payment option that is run through PayPal. Click HERE for the details.