Thermal activation characteristics and thermoluminescence of chert from the red wing, Ontario region, and its putative heat treatment in prehistory

Geochronometria

Volumn 24, Issue , 2005, Pages 13-20

  Godfrey Smith, Dorothy I ^a,b   Bouchet Bert, Luc ^c   Von Bitter, Peter H ^d   Storck, Peter L ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chert; Chert annealing; Chert bleaching; Fisher site; Flint; Heat treatment; Ontario; Paleoindian; Parkhill complex; Thermal activation; Thermoluminescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750064498     PISSN: 17338387     EISSN: 18971695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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