Experimental insights into alternative strategies of lithic heat treatment

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2634-2639

  Mercieca, Alison ^a   Hiscock, Peter ^b  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Experiments; Heat treatment; Lithics; Palaeolithic; Thermal fracture

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENT; PALEOLITHIC; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 47049119788     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.04.021     Document Type: Article

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