Microarchaeological Approaches to the Identification and Interpretation of Combustion Features in Prehistoric Archaeological Sites

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 616-668

  Mentzer, Susan M ^a,b,c  

^a Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoecology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ashes; Charcoal; Controlled use of fire; Hearth; Micromorphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905683666     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10816-012-9163-2     Document Type: Review

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