Name:

Banded flint : 2D documentation

Type of object:

Geological sample

Archaelogical site:

Teofilów

Location- administrative unit (present):

Teofilów, Opatów district, Świętokrzyskie province

Topographic location:

northeastern edging of Świętokrzyskie Mountains

Hydrographic network:

Vistula (Central part of the Vistula basin)

Object type:

siliceous rocks ; flint

Characteristics of the object- technique:

non

Characteristics of the object- raw material:

Upper Jurassic (Lower Astartian)

Characteristics of the object- colour:

10YR 6/1 5/1 4/1 3/1 3/2

Characteristics of the object- transparency:

0 - non - transparent

Characteristics of the object- fracture:

matt

Characteristics of the object- texture/facture:

banded, wide bands even up to 10 mm thickness, arranged horizontally

Characteristics of the object- luster:

matt

Characteristics of the object- cortex:

very thin, under 1 mm

Characteristics of the object- transition:

clearly distinct

Characteristics of the object- patina:

non

Characteristics of the object- colour of patine:

non

Characteristics of the object- width:

68 mm

Characteristics of the object- thickness:

22 mm

Characteristics of the object- length:

44 mm

Characteristics of the object- diameter:

68 mm

Characteristics of the object- weight:

52,7 g

Object description:

This type of flint occurs in the Upper Jurassic settlements in Świętokrzyskie Mountains. The most important exploration points and outcrops of this raw material are placed on the northeastern Permo-Mesoic outskirts of the Mountains, in the mountain range stretchimg from Iłża to Zawichost (Król and Migaszewski 2009: 19; cf. Krajcarz et al., 2014)

Research Manager/ Creator of Collection:

Lech, Jacek

Accession number:

0241/FLI/PL

Chronology:

Upper Jurassic

Relation:

Atlas skał

Detailed Resource Type:

Research data

Resource Identifier:

oai:rcin.org.pl:206824

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 3.0 PL license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-SA 3.0 PL] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 3.0 PL license, full text available at: ; -

Digitizing institution:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Operational Program Digital Poland, 2014-2020, Measure 2.3: Digital accessibility and usefulness of public sector information; funds from the European Regional Development Fund and national co-financing from the state budget. ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open