Flint and pyrite: making fire in the Stone Age

Flint implements with rounded ends, excavated at several Upper Palaeolithic sites in Denmark and Holland, are interpreted as strike-a-lights used in combination with pyrites. Experimental flints employed in this way show use-wear traces similar to those on the prehistoric specimens. It is suggested...

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Published in:Antiquity
Main Authors: Stapert, Dick, Johansen, Lykke
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1999
Subjects:
Greenland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00065510
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0003598x00065510 2024-05-19T07:41:13+00:00 Flint and pyrite: making fire in the Stone Age Stapert, Dick Johansen, Lykke 1999 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00065510 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0003598X00065510 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Antiquity volume 73, issue 282, page 765-777 ISSN 0003-598X 1745-1744 journal-article 1999 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00065510 2024-04-25T06:51:45Z Flint implements with rounded ends, excavated at several Upper Palaeolithic sites in Denmark and Holland, are interpreted as strike-a-lights used in combination with pyrites. Experimental flints employed in this way show use-wear traces similar to those on the prehistoric specimens. It is suggested that the pyrite technique for fire production pre-dates wood-on-wood techniques, at least in Europe and in Greenland. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Cambridge University Press Antiquity 73 282 765 777
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description Flint implements with rounded ends, excavated at several Upper Palaeolithic sites in Denmark and Holland, are interpreted as strike-a-lights used in combination with pyrites. Experimental flints employed in this way show use-wear traces similar to those on the prehistoric specimens. It is suggested that the pyrite technique for fire production pre-dates wood-on-wood techniques, at least in Europe and in Greenland.
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