Heat Treatment of Mill Creek and Dover Cherts on the Malden Plain, Southeast Missouri

Dunnell, Robert C.; McCutcheon, Patrick; Ikeya, Motoji; Toyoda, Shinichiro

doi:10.1006/jasc.1994.1009

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“…Banded flint was used only rarely for the manufacture of blades, even though its flaking properties can be improved markedly by controlled heat treatment, because chocolate and Ś wieciechó w flint are available only 10-20 km away from the banded flint mines at Krzemionki Opatowskie, and have far superior flaking properties without the necessity of heat treatment. Thermal alteration of banded flint is a drawback for the manufacture of polished axes because it reduces the resistance of the material to breakage (Dunnell et al, 1994;Rick and Chappell, 1983).…”

Section: Archaeological Significance Of the Heat Treatment Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Heat treatment of Polish flints

Domański

Webb

Glaisher

et al. 2009

Journal of Archaeological Science

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Section: Archaeological Significance Of the Heat Treatment Resultsmentioning

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Heat treatment of Polish flints

Domański

Webb

Glaisher

et al. 2009

Journal of Archaeological Science

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“…In addition, simple macroscopic and low-power microscopic approaches often are used to identify visually distinctive raw materials that have well-documented limited source distributions (e.g., Cobb, 2001, pp. 51-53;Dunnell et al, 1994;Gramly, 1992;. Various archeometric analyses allow the identification of materials that have been moved across the landscape, but inferring the behaviors that produced the evidence we see is complicated by issues of equifinality.…”

Section: Interactionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Current Research on Late Precontact Societies of the Midcontinental United States

Schroeder

2004

J Archaeol Res

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Research during the past decade on Late Precontact societies (ca. A.D. 1000-1600/1700) in the Midcontinent, particularly Mississippian, Oneota, Fort Ancient, and Late Woodland, is strongly rooted in empirical approaches. While some of this work is pursued within a broadly evolutionary interpretive framework, other scholars emphasize agency and practice theory, symbolism, the historically contingent nature of human action, and cultural heterogeneity in sociopolitical organization, political economy, and subsistence. Dynamic models of the settlement systems and demography of complex societies have developed out of the recent growth in site inventories and refinements in ceramic chronologies and have come to be closely linked with theoretical treatments of sociopolitical organization. Various physical and chemical analytical techniques are commonly applied to the analysis of archaeological materials in this region, contributing to our understanding of direct and indirect exchange relationships and other forms of interaction, especially those between hierarchical and nonhierarchically organized societies, and enhancing our understanding of the kinds of foods prepared and eaten by people in the past.

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“…It occurs in large, tabular, easily worked, and readily procurable nodules that are well suited for making large tools as they are essentially ready-made preforms (Cobb 2000:51;Koldehoff 1990;Koldehoff and Brennan 2010). Mill Creek chert is also known for its toughness and durability (Dunnell et al 1994), and many tools exhibit highly polished surfaces from use. This polish begins to form within 30 continuous minutes of initial use (Milner et al 2010) and is likely caused by abrasion from soils and/or grass fibers (e.g., Sonnenfeld 1962;Witthoft 1967).…”

Section: Mill Creek Chert Hoesmentioning

confidence: 99%