The effects of fire and heat on obsidian
By: assembled and edited by Janine M. Loyd, Thomas M. Origer and David A. Fredrickson
Contributors: United States. Bureau of Land Management; Society for California Archaeology. Meeting
Series: Cultural resources publication, anthropology--fire history; Cultural resources publications
Publisher: [U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management]
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Denver, Colo.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
Subjects: Obsidian; Indians of North America; Antiquities; Collection and preservation; Cultural property; Protection; Wildfires; Environmental aspects; Prescribed burning
Notes: "June 2002."

"Papers presented in Symposium 2, The effects of fire/heat on obsidian, at the 33rd annual meeting of the Society for California Archaeology, April 23-25, 1999, Sacramento, California."

"This publication was made possible by a financial contribution from the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. Additional support was obtained by the Obsidian Laboratory, Anthropological Studies Center, Sonoma State University..."--Page 2 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction  -- Thomas M. Origer; title: Synthesis of previous studies that explored the effects of fire on obsidian : where we've been and where we're going  -- Sue-Ann Schroder; title: Overview of obsidian studies within western United States parks  -- Roger Kelly; title: Effects of prescribed fire on obsidian and implications for reconstructing past landscape conditions  -- Krista Deal (with contributions from Denise McLemore); title: Trench Canyon prescribed burn : an analysis of fire effects on archaeological resources within the sagebrush steppe community type  -- Kirk Halford (with contributions from Anne S. Halford); title: Fire and glass : effects of prescribed burning on obsidian hydration bands  -- Madeline Solomon; title: Meadow Canyon prescribed burn : effects of fire on obsidian hydration bands  -- Arlene Benson; title: Effect of heat on obsidian density  -- Ted Jones; title: Thermal and environmental effects on obsidian geochemistry : experimental and archaeological evidence  -- M. Steven Shackley and Carolyn Dillian; title: Rehydration of burned obsidian  -- Janine M. Loyd; title: Fire regimes and fire history : implications for obsidian hydration dating  -- Carl N. Skinner; title: Protecting archeological sites with prescribed fire  -- Jim Smith; title: Manual fuel load reduction as a means of reducing the effects of fire on obsidian hydration : examples from Lassen Volcanic National Park and Lava Beds National Monument  -- Nelson Siefkin; title: Dome Fire Pilot Project : extreme obsidian fire effects in the Jemez Mountains  -- Anastasia Steffen; title: Experimental examination for directing thermal traits on obsidian artifacts -- Yuichi Nakazawa.