Heat Treatment of Flint in the Scandinavian Stone Age?
(1982) In Papers of the Archaeological Institute University of Lund 1981-1982(4). p.5-25- Abstract
- Through ethnographic accounts and modern experiments it has been observed that careful heating of silica materials improves their flaking qualities. Using the scanning electron microscope, tests were carried out on a Mesolithic microblade, two Neolithic daggers, a Neolithic sickle and a Neolithic thick-butted axe, to determine if these objects had been heat treated prehistorically. Results indicated that this technique was not used and was probably unknown during the Stone Age in southern Sweden.
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- author
- Olausson, Deborah LU and Larsson, Lars LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 1982
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- heat treatment
- in
- Papers of the Archaeological Institute University of Lund
- volume
- 1981-1982
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 5 - 25
- publisher
- Lunds universitet: Arkeologiska institutionen
- ISSN
- 0458-4767
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 9bf7ec80-35ea-429b-9ef5-d54ddff28016 (old id 167942)
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