An Objective Test of the Effects of Heat Treatment of Flakeable Stone
- 1 July 1980
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity
- Vol. 45 (3) , 502-507
- https://doi.org/10.2307/279865
Abstract
Widely held notions about the effects of heat treatment of flakeable stone were tested by agitating matching sets of regularly shaped pieces of heated and raw chert. The tests indicate that heat treatment changes some of the variables that control flake formation although not necessarily in ways that make flintworking "easier." It appears that in order to realize an advantage to the practice, the flintknapper must call on individual skill to make technical readjustments.Keywords
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