Shine (archeology)

Shine (also called lacquer patina ) is created through the use , storage or treatment of bone , horn or stone ( flint , chert ) on the surface.

The archaeologists distinguish:

• Greasy sheen from the action of heat on flint
• Meat shine, which is created by meat and bones when cutting prey on blades
• Wood shine through wood on blades that were used for smoothing (arrow shafts)
• Bone shine through animal skins on the devices (such as awls ) made of bone or horn that were used for processing.
• Sickle shine through silicic acid-containing grasses ( grain , reeds ) on blades that were used to cut
• Shine of water through rocks lying at the bottom of rivers

In a broader sense, this includes:

• Varnish shine through wind grinding (drifting sand) to which stone surfaces were exposed
• Desert varnish from heat on artifacts or stone surfaces in dry zones

literature

• E. Hoffmann: Lexicon of the Stone Age. Munich 1999, ISBN 3-406-42125-3 .