Underground transfer of carbonised organic residues to lithics during preliminary fire experiments: implications for archaeology

Underground transfer of carbonised organic residues to lithics during preliminary fire experiments: implications for archaeology

Abstract Using fire experiments, we investigate claims that black organic residues on lithics found in Stone Age sites are markers for heat treatment of rocks in the embers of aboveground wood fires. We buried sedges overlain with lithics and bone to replicate plant bedding sometimes found in archae...

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Main Authors: Lyn Wadley, Susan Luong, Christine Sievers, Linda Prinsloo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-08-01
Series:Heritage Science
Subjects:
Incidental organic residues
Lithics
Wood fires
FTIR
Raman
GC–MS
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40494-019-0301-y

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