tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22925401.post1256138408769852742..comments2023-08-11T08:21:09.562-06:00Comments on A Very Remote Period Indeed: Videos as visual aids in presenting experimental archaeologyJulien Riel-Salvatorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05344338385695383003noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22925401.post-66846021172220976752012-02-07T14:56:54.608-07:002012-02-07T14:56:54.608-07:00Terry - this sounds very likely, but the poor stud...Terry - this sounds very likely, but the poor student was simply trying to see whether or not high heat in kilns could be used to heat treat lithic raw material to make it easier to flake... given that it shatter into many small, amorphous pieces, she wasn't really able to test the idea, and on top of that the chunks were too coarse and brittle to even use as is. She was pretty bummed out, Julien Riel-Salvatorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05344338385695383003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22925401.post-24176369385939987152012-02-06T00:28:40.245-07:002012-02-06T00:28:40.245-07:00"The study ended up yielding little usable da..."The study ended up yielding little usable data because the high heat of the kiln simply cause the nodules to shatter almost on exposure". <br /><br />No need for a kiln. When I was much younger our family lived on a rocky farm with a lot of gorse growing on it. My father often used to burn the gorse. Flakes would often peel off the volcanic boulders, and they usually had very sharpterrythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17327062321100035888noreply@blogger.com