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Heat Alteration

Heat Alteration is a taphonomic process involving the controlled application of thermal energy to organic or inorganic materials to simulate or analyze post-depositional changes, distinguished from other alteration methods by its specific focus on temperature-induced modifications in experimental or archaeological contexts.

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167

Authors

110

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2017–2026

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Publications

57

Effect of heat treatment on siliceous rocks used in prehistoric lithic technology

Marian M. Domanski, John A. Webb · Journal of Archaeological Science · 1992 · 181 citations

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Role of minerals in the thermal alteration of organic matter—I: Generation of gases and condensates under dry condition

Eli Tannenbaum, I. R. Kaplan · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 1985 · 163 citations

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Heat treatment in the South African Middle Stone Age: temperature induced transformations of silcrete and their technological implications

Patrick Schmidt, Guillaume Porraz, Aneta Slodczyk et al. · Journal of Archaeological Science · 2012 · 138 citations · Full text

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RED PALAEOLITHIC PIGMENTS: NATURAL HEMATITE OR HEATED GOETHITE?*

Marie-Pierre Pomiès, Michel Menu, Colette Vignaud · Archaeometry · 1999 · 130 citations

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Thermal Alteration as a Contributory Process to the Genesis of Petroleum

William Henderson, G. Eglinton, Peter G. Simmonds et al. · Nature · 1968 · 110 citations

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Authors

167

  1. PS
    Patrick Schmidt

    University of Tübingen, Germany

    4 publications · 293 citations

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  2. CE
    Christopher E. Miller

    University of Tübingen, Germany

    3 publications · 246 citations

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  3. GP
    Guillaume Porraz

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    2 publications · 213 citations

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  4. VL
    Vanessa Léa

    Travaux et Recherches Archéologiques sur les Cultures, les Espaces et les Sociétés, France

    2 publications · 71 citations

    2

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  5. IR
    I. R. Kaplan

    Institute of Geophysics, Russia

    2 publications · 251 citations

    2

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Institutions

110

  1. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    278 citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    19 publications

    1.2K citations

  3. University of Tübingen

    Tübingen, Germany

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    710 citations

  4. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    443 citations

  5. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    273 citations

  6. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    65 citations

  7. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    502 citations

  8. La Trobe University

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    410 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Archaeological Science

    6 publications · 470 citations

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  2. Lithic Technology

    4 publications · 90 citations

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  3. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

    3 publications · 299 citations

    3

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  4. Archaeometry

    3 publications · 210 citations

    3

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  5. American Antiquity

    3 publications · 137 citations

    3

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