Flint and pyrite: Making fire in the Stone Age

Antiquity

Volumn 73, Issue 282, 1999, Pages 765-777

  Stapert, Dick ^a   Johansen, Lykke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Europe; Experimental archaeology; Fire production; Greenland; Palaeolithic; Pyrite; Strike a light; Use wear traces

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041118441     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00065510     Document Type: Article

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