Some Like It Hot: Prehistoric Heat Treatment of Petrified Wood
Author(s): Alexandra Covert
Year: 2019
Summary
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
Prehistoric petrified wood artifacts found at the Rainbow Forest Site at Petrified Forest National Park often exhibit heat treatment. Prehistoric heat treatment of petrified wood has shown significant changes in color, texture, and workability. This experimental archaeology project focused on heating petrified wood flakes in a ceramic kiln at different temperatures to determine the effects of heat treatment on color, texture, and workability. Ultimately, this project aimed to determine a temperature range and time range to heat treat petrified wood that would allow the workability to improve.
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Some Like It Hot: Prehistoric Heat Treatment of Petrified Wood. Alexandra Covert. Presented at The 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Albuquerque, NM. 2019 ( tDAR id: 449284)
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Geographic Keywords
North America: Southwest United States
Spatial Coverage
min long: -124.365; min lat: 25.958 ; max long: -93.428; max lat: 41.902 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 23279