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An Objective Test of the Effects of Heat Treatment of Flakeable Stone

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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.

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1972An introduction to flintworking 1971Thermal Alteration of Silica Minerals: An Archeological Approach 1964Notes on experiments in flint knapping. 1. Heat treatment of silica materials

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