Experimental explorations into the aceramic dry distillation of Betula pubescens (downy birch) bark tar

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 47-58

  Groom, Peter ^a   Schenck, Tine ^b   Pedersen, Grethe Moéll ^c  

^a Stafford shire University   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Betula pubescens; Birch bark tar; Dry distillation; Experimental archaeology; Middle Palaeolithic Mesolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924066646     PISSN: 18669557     EISSN: 18669565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-013-0144-5     Document Type: Article

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