The gloss patination of flint artifacts

Plains Anthropologist

Volumn 47, Issue 182, 2002, Pages 283-287

  Howard, Calvin D ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Artifacts; Dissolution; Patina; Silica

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749656721     PISSN: 00320447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2052546.2002.11932098     Document Type: Article

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