Did heat treatment of flints take place in the Moravian Magdalenian? The case of Balcarka Cave

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Moník, M. - Nerudová, Z. - Schnabl, Petr - Kdýr, Šimon - Hadraba, Hynek
Did heat treatment of flints take place in the Moravian Magdalenian? The case of Balcarka Cave.
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. Roč. 25, June (2019), s. 610-620. ISSN 2352-409X
Grant CEP: GA ČR(CZ) GA18-02606S
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985831 ; RVO:68081723
Klíčová slova: Lithics * Flints * Heat-treatment * Palaeomagnetism * IRM * Magdalenian
Obor OECD: Archaeology; Materials engineering (UFM-A)
Způsob publikování: Omezený přístup
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X18308071?via%3Dihub

Six Magdalenian artefacts from Balcarka Cave (Czech Republic) were selected on the basis of their colour or the presence of lustre and analysed for heat-treatment. A combination of methods was used on the basis of past research. Isothermal remanent magnetism (IRM) proved itself to be the most useful method to distinguish potentially heat-treated artefacts from untreated ones. Four analysed Magdalenian artefacts were most likelynot to have been heat-treated due to the absence of other magnetic phases than magnetite. One further sample was probably burned, heat-treatment of the last artefact is ambiguous. The possible absence of heat-treatment in Moravian caves and in the Magdalenian in general may be due to the absence of pressure flaking in this culture.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0300379