Making fire in the stone age: Flint and pyrite

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-164

  Stapert, Dick ^a   Johansen, Lykke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Inst Ark ologi og Etnologi   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Europe; Experimental archaeology; Fire production; Flint implements; Greenland; Pyrite; Stone Age; Use wear traces

Indexed keywords

FIRE; FLINT; PYRITE; STONE AGE;

EID: 0033501607     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003802432463     Document Type: Article

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