Heat Treatment of Flint in the Scandinavian Stone Age?
Författare
Summary, in English
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.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
1982
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
5-25
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Papers of the Archaeological Institute University of Lund
Volym
1981-1982
Issue
4
Fulltext
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Lunds universitet: Arkeologiska institutionen
Ämne
- Archaeology
Nyckelord
- heat treatment
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0458-4767