Name:

Chocolate' flint : 2D documentation

Type of object:

Archaeological artifact

Archaelogical site:

Seredzice

Location- administrative unit (present):

Seredzice, Radom distr., Mazowieckie voivodeship, Poland

Object type:

siliceous rocks ; flint

Characteristics of the object- technique:

hammer stone

Characteristics of the object- raw material:

Upper Jurassic flint (Upper Oxford/ Lower Kimmeridgian)

Characteristics of the object- colour:

10YR 3/1

Characteristics of the object- transparency:

0 - non - transparent

Characteristics of the object- fracture:

matt

Characteristics of the object- texture/facture:

homogenic, whole sample covered with patina

Characteristics of the object- luster:

dull

Characteristics of the object- cortex:

up to 5 mm; rough and porous

Characteristics of the object- transition:

unclear transition

Characteristics of the object- patina:

yes

Characteristics of the object- colour of patine:

white

Characteristics of the object- width:

72 mm

Characteristics of the object- thickness:

72 mm

Characteristics of the object- length:

65 mm

Characteristics of the object- weight:

400 g

Object description:

hammerstone from "chocolate" flint; "chocolate" flint occurs in sediments of the Upper Jurassic in the northeastern Permo-Mesozoic obstruction of Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) Mountains, from Guzów, in the northwest, to Zawichost, in the southeast

Research Manager/ Creator of Collection:

Werra, Dagmara H.

Accession number:

0127/FLI/PL

Chronology:

Upper Oxford/ Lower Kimmeridgian

Relation:

Atlas skał

Detailed Resource Type:

Research data

Resource Identifier:

oai:rcin.org.pl:180300

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