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Heat Treatment of Flint in the Scandinavian Stone Age?

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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.

Department/s

Publishing year

1982

Language

English

Pages

5-25

Publication/Series

Papers of the Archaeological Institute University of Lund

Volume

1981-1982

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Lunds universitet: Arkeologiska institutionen

Topic

  • Archaeology

Keywords

  • heat treatment

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0458-4767