The papers in this special section of Open Archaeology are a selection from the International Obsidian Conference held on the island of Lipari, Italy, in June 2016. With the permission of the Regione Siciliana Assessorato dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana, and thanks to its director in 2016, Maria Amalia Mastelloni, the IOC was hosted at the Museo Luigi Bernabò Brea (Regional Pole of the Aeolian islands for cultural sites, archaeological park and Regional Archaeological Museum “Luigi Bernabò Brea”). Today, we thank the director Rosario Vilardo for adhering to the publication of the conference proceedings. Lipari is located in the center of the Mediterranean, and its own geological obsidian was widely utilized and distributed during prehistory. Obsidian is a volcanic glass that occurs only in certain geological localities around the world, and starting in the 1960s successful chemical studies have been done to identify the sources of obsidian artifacts and reconstruct distribution and trade patterns. The papers included here represent recent studies on the Mediterranean, Africa, Near East, East Asia, and South America. Editorial

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开放考古这一特殊部分的论文选自2016年6月在意大利利帕里岛举行的国际黑曜石会议。经西西里安娜地区文化评估委员会和西西里安娜文化团体的许可，并感谢国际奥委会的主席玛丽亚·阿玛利亚·马斯泰洛尼（Maria Amalia Mastelloni），于2016年在文化博物馆，考古公园和区域考古博物馆“路易吉·贝纳博·布雷亚”的风神岛伯纳博·布雷亚博物馆（风神群岛的区域极点）举行。今天，我们感谢主任罗萨里奥·维拉多（Rosario Vilardo）坚持发表会议记录。利帕里（Lipari）位于地中海的中心，在史前时期，它自己的地质黑曜石被广泛利用和分布。黑曜石是一种火山玻璃，仅发生在世界各地的某些地质地区，从1960年代开始，已经进行了成功的化学研究，以识别黑曜石文物的来源并重建分布和贸易格局。此处包含的论文代表了对地中海，非洲，近东，东亚和南美的最新研究。社论