Early Evidence for the Extensive Heat Treatment of Silcrete in the Howiesons Poort at Klipdrift Shelter (Layer PBD, 65 ka), South Africa
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Early Evidence for the Extensive Heat Treatment of Silcrete in the Howiesons Poort at Klipdrift Shelter (Layer PBD, 65 ka), South Africa
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Keywords
Heat treatment, Paleoanthropology, Archaeology, Raw materials, Infrared spectroscopy, Geology, Tar, Tempering
Journal
PLoS One
Volume 11, Issue 10, Pages e0163874
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Online
2016-10-20
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0163874
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