Microstructure of flint and other chert raw materials

Archaeometry

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-36

  Graetsch, H A ^a   Grunberg J M ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen Anhalt ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Chert; Crystallite Size; Flint; Lattice imperfections; Microstrain; Moganite; Prehistoric raw material; Profile analysis; X ray powder diffraction

Indexed keywords

CHERT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINITY; FLINT; MICROSTRUCTURE; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SILICATE MINERAL; STRAIN RATE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

PATINA;

EID: 84855471713     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2011.00610.x     Document Type: Article

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