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Comments on Studies of Thermal Alteration of Central Pennsylvania Jasper

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Leland W. Patterson
Leland W. Patterson*
Affiliation:
Tenneco Inc., P.O. Box 2511, Houston, TX 77001
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Abstract

Comments are offered on heat treating experiments and archaeological studies by Schindler, Hatch, Hay and Bradt concerning Bald Eagle Jasper from central Pennsylvania. Their conclusions concerning aboriginal patterns of use of Bald Eagle Jasper are critiqued. Their explanations for the effects of thermal alteration on jasper fracture properties are also questioned.

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American Antiquity , Volume 49 , Issue 1 , January 1984 , pp. 168 - 173
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1984

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