Detecting and quantifying heat treatment of flint and other silica rocks: A new non-destructive method applied to heat-treated flint from the neolithic chassey culture, Southern France

Archaeometry

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 794-805

  Schmidt, P ^a   Lea V ^b   Sciau, Ph ^c   Frohlich F ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Maison de la Recherche   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Chalcedony; Chass en; Chassey culture; Flint; Heat treatment; Near infrared spectroscopy; Porosity loss; Silanole (SiOH)

Indexed keywords

CHALCEDONY; FLINT; MESOLITHIC; NEAR INFRARED; NEOLITHIC; POROSITY; SILICA;

FRANCE;

EID: 84884354243     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2012.00712.x     Document Type: Article

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