No. XXVIII (1997)
Articles

Ancient Methods of Making Fire

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  • Ljiljana Đuričić
Ljiljana Đuričić
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy, Centre for Archaeological Research

Published 01.12.1997

Keywords

  • fire,
  • prehistory,
  • making fire

How to Cite

Đuričić, L. (1997). Ancient Methods of Making Fire. Balcanica - Annual of the Institute for Balkan Studies, (XXVIII), 235–248. Retrieved from https://balcanica.rs/index.php/journal/article/view/675

Copyright (c) 1997 Balcanica

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Abstract

The oldest remains of fire date back approximately 1,000,000 years, and were discovered on Petralona site, Greece, and in Chou-Kou-Thien, China, from layers dated about 700,000 years ago. Other fire remains in Europe oflater date were found on the sites Torralba and Ambrona in Spain, Vertesszollos, Hungary, Terra Amata and L'Escale, France, and belong to the Mindel glaciation period (476.000 - 435.000 yrs).
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