Bozburun Peninsula, at the easternmost intersection of the Aegean and the Mediterranean Seas, yielded evidence from the Middle Palaeolithic to the Neolithic/Chalcolithic periods as a result of recent archaeological surveys. A significant number of the chipped stone artefacts discovered here are of obsidian, a raw material not native to the peninsula and one that ultimately must have been brought in from outside. All of the obsidian artefacts recovered from the Bozburun Peninsula were analysed using a portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometer to identify their geological provenance. Our results indicate the presence of four distinct obsidian sources in Bozburun: Melos (Cyclades) with its two separate outcrops, Giali A (Dodecanese), and Göllüdağ East (Cappadocia). The variety of sources represented in the peninsula and the long distances involved attest to the prehistoric connectivity in a region well suited to the movement of people and materials between the Aegean archipelago and the Anatolian mainland. Some of the geometric microliths, which were previously assigned to the final part of the Pleistocene and the earlier stages of the Holocene based on typological criteria, were determined to be coming from the island of Melos. If the typological assessment holds, this occurrence in the Bozburun Peninsula may mark the earliest occurrence of Melos obsidian in Anatolia, long before it was widely distributed in the Neolithic period.

博兹布伦半岛位于爱琴海和地中海最东端的交汇处，根据最近的考古调查，发现了从旧石器时代中期到新石器时代/铜石器时代的证据。这里发现的大量碎石人工制品是黑曜石，这种原材料不是半岛本土的，最终肯定是从外面带进来的。使用便携式 X 射线荧光 (pXRF) 光谱仪分析从博兹布伦半岛回收的所有黑曜石文物，以确定其地质来源。我们的结果表明 Bozburun 中存在四个不同的黑曜石来源：Melos（基克拉泽斯）及其两个独立的露头，Giali A（Dodecanese）和 Göllüdağ East（Cappadocia）。半岛上的各种来源以及所涉及的长距离证明了该地区的史前连通性，该地区非常适合爱琴海群岛和安纳托利亚大陆之间的人员和物资流动。根据类型学标准，先前被指定为更新世末期和全新世早期阶段的一些几何微石被确定来自梅洛斯岛。如果类型学评估成立，Bozburun 半岛的这一发现可能标志着安纳托利亚最早出现的 Melos 黑曜石，早在它在新石器时代广泛分布之前很久。根据类型学标准，先前被指定为更新世末期和全新世早期阶段的一些几何微石被确定来自梅洛斯岛。如果类型学评估成立，Bozburun 半岛的这一发现可能标志着安纳托利亚最早出现的 Melos 黑曜石，早在它在新石器时代广泛分布之前很久。根据类型学标准，先前被指定为更新世末期和全新世早期阶段的一些几何微石被确定来自梅洛斯岛。如果类型学评估成立，Bozburun 半岛的这一发现可能标志着安纳托利亚最早出现的 Melos 黑曜石，早在它在新石器时代广泛分布之前很久。