Heat treatment in the South African Middle Stone Age: temperature induced transformations of silcrete and their technological implications P Schmidt, G Porraz, A Slodczyk, L Bellot-Gurlet, W Archer, CE Miller Journal of Archaeological Science 40 (9), 3519-3531, 2013 | 162 | 2013 |
Crystallographic and structural transformations of sedimentary chalcedony in flint upon heat treatment P Schmidt, S Masse, G Laurent, A Slodczyk, E Le Bourhis, C Perrenoud, ... Journal of Archaeological Science 39 (1), 135-144, 2012 | 125 | 2012 |
The MSA sequence of Diepkloof and the history of southern African Late Pleistocene populations G Porraz, JE Parkington, JP Rigaud, CE Miller, C Poggenpoel, C Tribolo, ... Journal of Archaeological Science 40 (9), 3542-3552, 2013 | 117 | 2013 |
A previously undescribed organic residue sheds light on heat treatment in the Middle Stone Age P Schmidt, G Porraz, L Bellot-Gurlet, E February, B Ligouis, C Paris, ... Journal of human evolution 85, 22-34, 2015 | 81 | 2015 |
Birch tar production does not prove Neanderthal behavioral complexity P Schmidt, M Blessing, M Rageot, R Iovita, J Pfleging, KG Nickel, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019 | 73 | 2019 |
What causes failure (overheating) during lithic heat treatment? P Schmidt Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 6, 107-112, 2014 | 73 | 2014 |
Detailed FT near-infrared study of the behaviour of water and hydroxyl in sedimentary length-fast chalcedony, SiO 2, upon heat treatment P Schmidt, A Badou, F Fröhlich Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 81 (1 …, 2011 | 72 | 2011 |
Why Was Silcrete Heat-Treated in the Middle Stone Age? An Early Transformative Technology in the Context of Raw Material Use at Mertenhof Rock Shelter, South Africa P Schmidt, A Mackay PloS one 11 (2), e0149243, 2016 | 71 | 2016 |
A shape to the microlithic Robberg from Elands Bay Cave (South Africa) G Porraz, M Igreja, P Schmidt, JE Parkington Southern African Humanities 29, 203–47, 2016 | 70 | 2016 |
Early Evidence for the Extensive Heat Treatment of Silcrete in the Howiesons Poort at Klipdrift Shelter (Layer PBD, 65 ka), South Africa A Delagnes, P Schmidt, K Douze, S Wurz, L Bellot-Gurlet, NJ Conard, ... PloS one 11 (10), e0163874, 2016 | 68 | 2016 |
Detecting and quantifying heat treatment of flint and other silica rocks: a new non‐destructive method applied to heat‐treated flint from the Neolithic Chassey culture … P Schmidt, V Léa, P Sciau, F Fröhlich Archaeometry 55 (5), 794-805, 2013 | 67 | 2013 |
The investment in time needed for heat treatment of flint and chert P Schmidt, C Paris, L Bellot-Gurlet Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 8, 839-848, 2016 | 51 | 2016 |
Moganite detection in silica rocks using Raman and infrared spectroscopy P Schmidt, L Bellot-Gurlet, V Léa, P Sciau European Journal of Mineralogy 25 (5), 797-805, 2013 | 46 | 2013 |
A comparative study of the thermal behaviour of length-fast chalcedony, length-slow chalcedony (quartzine) and moganite P Schmidt, A Slodczyk, V Léa, A Davidson, S Puaud, P Sciau Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 40, 331-340, 2013 | 46 | 2013 |
A hitherto unrecognised band in the Raman spectra of silica rocks: influence of hydroxylated Si–O bonds (silanole) on the Raman moganite band in chalcedony and flint (SiO2) P Schmidt, L Bellot-Gurlet, A Slodczyk, F Fröhlich Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 39 (6), 455-464, 2012 | 43 | 2012 |
Temperature dependent crystallographic transformations in chalcedony, SiO 2, assessed in mid infrared spectroscopy P Schmidt, F Fröhlich Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 78 (5 …, 2011 | 42 | 2011 |
The mechanical properties of heat-treated rocks: a comparison between chert and silcrete P Schmidt, G Buck, C Berthold, C Lauer, KG Nickel Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2018 | 41 | 2018 |
Update on the 2011 excavation at Elands Bay Cave (South Africa) and the Verlorenvlei Stone Age G Porraz, VC Schmid, CE Miller, C Tribolo, CC Cartwright, ... Southern African Humanities, 33–68, 2016 | 36 | 2016 |
Le silex du Bergeracois: état de la question P Fernandes, A Morala, P Schmidt, MR Seronie-Vivien, A Turq Quaternaire Continental d’Aquitaine: Un Point Sur Les Travaux Récents …, 2012 | 34 | 2012 |
Detailed near-infrared study of the ‘water’-related transformations in silcrete upon heat treatment P Schmidt, C Lauer, G Buck, CE Miller, KG Nickel Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 2016 | 31 | 2016 |