‘Simple’ surface-fire heat treatment significantly improves silcrete flake quality and flaking efficiency
‘Simple’ surface-fire heat treatment significantly improves silcrete flake quality and flaking efficiency
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“简单”表面火热处理显着提高硅混凝土片状质量和压片效率
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10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102203
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2020
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通讯作者:
Schmidt
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作者:
Pargeter;Schmidt
Intentional stone heat treatment is a key marker for prehistoric behavioural variability. Yet, the relationship between differences in heat-treatment strategies and variations in stone tool-making processes remains heavily debated and poorly understood. We report on two experiments testing wood fuels and heating strategies applied to silcrete nodules from ~60 km south of Diepkloof Rock shelter in South Africa with early evidence for intentional silcrete heat treatment. We flaked the heated silcrete nodules to maximize miniaturized flake production. The resulting cores and flakes were compared in terms of their utility (flake cutting edge to mass) and cutting edge quality (cutting edge angles) in addition to quantifying woody residues and heat induced fracture rates. Our results show that ‘simpler’ surface-fire heat treatment strategies provide significant increases in miniaturized core utility and flake quality over unheated silcrete nodules. Some of these effects were obtained without more specialized knowledge than is required to maintain fires for cooking and other utilitarian purposes. Our results show that rapidly heating silcrete to modify rocks for miniaturized stone tool production is efficient at relatively low levels of technological investment.
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影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Stolarczyk RE;Schmidt P
通讯作者:
Schmidt P
影响因子:
2.8
作者:
Sam C. Lin;Cornelia Pop;H. Dibble;W. Archer;Dawit Desta;M. Weiss;Shannon J. P. McPherron
通讯作者:
Shannon J. P. McPherron
影响因子:
1.7
作者:
J. Pargeter;M. Eren
通讯作者:
M. Eren
DOI:
10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.08.014
发表时间:
2017
期刊:
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
影响因子:
--
作者:
P. Schmidt;E. February;K. Bretzke;L. Bellot‐Gurlet
通讯作者:
L. Bellot‐Gurlet
影响因子:
8.3
作者:
P. Mitchell
通讯作者:
P. Mitchell