The use of phosphate minerals for determination of the provenance of flint used by prehistoric communities in East-Central Europe

Werra, Dagmara H.; Siuda, Rafał

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2021.04.028

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“…Almost 60 per cent of the 108 knapped stones found were made of the Volhynian/Prut flint already mentioned. A further blade could be made of Cracow Jurassic flint or Chocolate flint, which represents a distance of about 350-450 km from the source of the raw material (Krajcarz et al, 2012;Lech et al, 2011;Werra & Siuda, 2022). The rest of the finds, about 30 pieces, are from the North Hungarian Range, with a mixed raw material of limnic silicite or obsidian (Mester & Faragó, 2016;Szepesi et al, 2018), while four pieces represented radiolarites from the Transdanubian Bakony Mountains (Szilasi, 2017).…”

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Technological observations on the bifacial point from the Copper Age cemetery of Rákóczifalva

Norbert

2024

From Tea Leaves to Leaf-Shaped Tools. Studies in Honour of Zsolt Mester on His Sixtieth Birthday

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The subject of this study is a bifacial point found in the symbolic grave no. 218/230 at the Copper age site of Rákóczifalva-Bivaly-tó 1/C. In the lack of use-wear analysis the denomination "bifacial point" seemed more accurate, as other terms, such as arrowhead, spearhead, or dagger are rather functionally determined. Besides the description of the find, its archaeological context, and the outline of the possible analogies, the study focuses on an exhaustive technological analysis. This analysis relied on the detailed observation of the consecutive steps and techniques realized during production. The main goal was to directly shed light on the circumstances of the preparation, the location, and the maker of this artefact. Indirectly, the study offers additional clues on the extended contacts and the technological innovation of the bifacial technique experienced during the Copper Age. According to the results, it is more probable that this point was manufactured off-site, because not just its raw material, but high-quality craftsmanship, and cultural tradition manifested in its find context represent strong connections with Northern Bulgaria.

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Technological observations on the bifacial point from the Copper Age cemetery of Rákóczifalva

Norbert

2024

From Tea Leaves to Leaf-Shaped Tools. Studies in Honour of Zsolt Mester on His Sixtieth Birthday

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From tea leaves to leaf-shaped tools. Studies in honour of Zsolt Mester on his sixtieth birthday

2023

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Another consequence of your arrival was that spectacular piles of rocks appeared in various corners of the institute, the beauty of which arouses the interest and admiration of any student or researcher dealing with a later era, even when simply trying to get across them. I am happy to support your proposal to create a lithic collection that will facilitate teaching and research.However, what captures all of us the most is the way you see and present people behind the objects and phenomena, who created and developed their tools and transformed their environment, who continuously fought for their survival. Based on the Palaeolithic archaeological record, which can only be appreciated by the initiated today, you get to know and explain the lifeways of the people who once lived, their adaptation to the environment, their battles with rival communities or even their cooperation, and last but not least, their beliefs that elevate people above the ordinary, material world. In recent years, many of us have been able to enjoy your various lectures on human evolution and struggles for survival.In addition to piles of rocks, domestic and foreign researchers, there are groups of interested and engrossed students surrounding your table and studying the lithic blades, waste, and other worked stone and bone tools for hours. The multitude of enthusiastic students shows the true meaning and appreciation of your work.Dear Zsolt! I congratulate you on your achievements so far and behalf of the staff of the Institute of Archaeological Sciences of the ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Humanities, I wish you a lot of joy, perseverance and all the best for your further successful teaching and research work.

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“…Now, in the second decade of this century, we are certain that the issues of extraction and processing of chocolate flint in the north-eastern region of the Holy Cross Mountains still raise many questions that need to be answered and are undertaken within various research projects, a great example of which are verification investigations in the chocolate flint mine in Orońsko (since 2016) (Kerneder-Gubała 2018;2019;Osipowicz et al 2019) andIłża (Gróżdź et al 2021). Moreover, there were made attempts to obtain a diagnostic set of data characteristic for various outcrops of "chocolate" flints from Central Poland, based on geochemical methods of siliceous rocks identification (Grafka et al 2014;Hughes et al 2016;Parish and Werra 2018;Brandl et al 2016;Werra and Siuda 2022).…”

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One century of studies on chocolate flint. And what do we really know about it ...?

Sudoł-Procyk

2022

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Tzw. „krzemień czekoladowy” jest jednym z najpopularniejszych i najwyższej jakości surowcem krzemiennym, używanym w czasach prehistorycznych w Europie Środkowej. Znany i użytkowany był od środkowego paleolitu aż do epoki żelaza. Jest przedmiotem badań od prawie 100 lat, ale pytania związane z wydobyciem, przetwarzaniem i dystrybucją krzemienia czekoladowego są wciąż aktualne i podejmowane przez wielu badaczy. W dużej mierze jest to efekt odkrycia złóż krzemienia czekoladowego i miejsc jego wydobycia na terenie Wyżyny Krakowsko-Częstochowskiej, co znacząco zmieniło obecny stan wiedzy. Niniejszy artykuł jest próbą uporządkowania wiedzy na temat tego surowca o niewątpliwie wyjątkowej jakości, szeroko wykorzystywanego przez społeczności prehistoryczne.

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The use of phosphate minerals for determination of the provenance of flint used by prehistoric communities in East-Central Europe

Cited by 7 publications

References 26 publications

Technological observations on the bifacial point from the Copper Age cemetery of Rákóczifalva

Technological observations on the bifacial point from the Copper Age cemetery of Rákóczifalva

From tea leaves to leaf-shaped tools. Studies in honour of Zsolt Mester on his sixtieth birthday

One century of studies on chocolate flint. And what do we really know about it ...?

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