Is vitrification in charcoal a result of high temperature burning of wood?

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2679-2687

  McParland, Laura C ^a,b   Collinson, Margaret E ^a   Scott, Andrew C ^a   Campbell, Gill ^c   Veal, Robyn ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Charring; Reflectance; Taphonomy; Temperature; Vitrification; Vitrified

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BURNING; CHARCOAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICROSCOPY; TAPHONOMY; VITRIFICATION; WOOD;

EID: 77955271295     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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