IAOS RESOURCES

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 46 (WINTER 2012) IS NOW OUT: All issues of the IAOS Bulletin are now available for downloading as Adobe Acrobat documents. Point, click, and print to complete your library. Please note that all older online issues of the IAOS Bulletin have been rescanned and are now searchable.

IAOS ANNUAL MEETING: The IAOS Annual Meeting is being held in conjunction with the SAA Annual Meeting in Memphis, Tennessee, on Saturday, April 21, 2012 in the Oxford Room at the Memphis Marriott Downtown. Please note that the meeting time has changed to 3-4:30 pm.

SNEAK PREVIEW OF IAOS PDF LIBRARY: We're assembling an ever-expanding collection of obsidian-related full-text articles, reports, monographs, papers, theses, and dissertations, all in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. To see what we're up to, click HERE.

IAOS MEMBERS - WE NEED YOUR ADOBE ACROBAT DOCS!: If you have PDF's that you'd like to contribute to the new IAOS 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 add to the library.

PXRF SHOOTOUT AT MEMPHIS SAA'S: On April 18th (2012) at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting in Memphis, Tennessee, you are invited to bring your PXRF instrument and join in on a round robin shootout of obsidian and ceramic samples. For all the exciting details, click HERE. Preregistration is required so don't delay.

SFU XRF LAB IS UP-AND-RUNNING: The Simon Fraser University Department of Archaeology XRF Lab has been recently revived with Rudy Reimer as the Program Director. We'll post more details as we have them.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL XRF LAB HAS MOVED: The Archaeological XRF Laboratory has permanently moved from Berkeley to Albuquerque, New Mexico. See the Laboratory Directory page for details.

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