Experimental heat treatment of silcrete implies analogical reasoning in the Middle Stone Age

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-60

  Wadley, Lyn ^a   Prinsloo, Linda C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Complex cognition; Controlled heating; Homo sapiens; Silcrete; South Africa; Transformative technology; to quartz phase transformation

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMPLEXITY; HEATING; HOMINID; PHASE TRANSITION; SILCRETE; STONE AGE;

HOMO SAPIENS;

ARCHEOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COGNITION; FIRE; HEAT; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SEDIMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; TECHNOLOGY;

ARCHAEOLOGY; COGNITION; FIRES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84899129871     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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