Heat treatment of Polish flints

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1400-1408

  Domański, Marian ^a   Webb, John ^a   Glaisher, Robert ^a   Gurba, Jan ^b   Libera, Jerzy ^b   Zakościelna, Anna ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fracture toughness; Heat treatment; Lustre; Microstructure; Polish flints

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BRONZE AGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLINT; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PALEOLITHIC; RECRYSTALLIZATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

EID: 67349109379     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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