Fuel origin and firing product preservation in archaeological occupation contexts

Quaternary International

Volumn 431, Issue , 2017, Pages 116-130

  Courty, Marie Agnès ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Combustion; Fire; Fuel; Lightning; Plasma; Preservation

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COMBUSTION; DURABILITY; FIRE; FUEL; LIGHTNING; PRESERVATION;

AUVERGNE; CANTAL; FRANCE;

FRAXINUS AMERICANA;

EID: 84958212881     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.12.067     Document Type: Article

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