Date of Award
1-1-2002
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A. in Anthropology
Department
Sociology and Anthropology
First Advisor
Jay K. Johnson
Second Advisor
Janet L. Ford
Third Advisor
Robert M. Thorne
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
The excavations at Batesville Mound sites recovered a large quantity of artifacts. Fire Cracked Rock (FCR) was the major artifact type, if not sheer in weight certainly in number. Much research is being done in Texas, Michigan, Oregon and other states that have helped archaeologists to determine the different ways heated rocks fracture. Rocks will fracture in regular patterns depending on the rate and method of heat loss or gain. The patterns are expansion (dry) and compression (wet) fractures. A large amount of FCR in the mound fill and very little in the village area suggests that the mound refuse represents some sort of specialized activity. IV
Recommended Citation
Sullivan, John, "Fracture patterns of fire cracked rock, an analysis of artifacts from the Batesville mounds, 22PA500, Panola County, Mississippi / by John Sullivan" (2002). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3985.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/3985
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