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The Interpretation and Dating of Humanly Worked Siliceous Materials by Thermoluminescent Analysis

  • Ralph M. Rowlett (a1), Margaret D. Mandeville (a1) and Edward J. Zeller (a1)
Abstract

Thermoluminescence analysis can reveal when archaeological lithics especially siliceous stones such as flint, chert and the like have been subjected to heat treatment prior to chipping. This determination can serve as the first step in the dating of these stones, as well as stones exposed otherwise to heating, utilizing the same principles as for the thermoluminescent dating of pottery. The oldest known example of heat treatment verified by this method comes from the Solutrian industry of south-western France (ca. 15000 bc).

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