Name:

Striped flint : 2D documentation

Type of object:

Archaeological artifact

Archaelogical site:

Ćmielów, Wzgórze Gawroniec

Location- administrative unit (present):

Ćmielów, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski distr., Świętokrzyskie voivodeship, Poland

Object type:

siliceous rocks ; flint

Characteristics of the object- technique:

bifacial

Characteristics of the object- raw material:

Upper Jurassic flint (Upper Oxford)

Characteristics of the object- colour:

10YR od 8/1 do 5/1

Characteristics of the object- transparency:

0 - non - transparent

Characteristics of the object- fracture:

matt

Characteristics of the object- texture/facture:

striped, very dense localized bands in thickness from less than 1 mm to 3 mm; minerally, structurally and texturally uniformly mass

Characteristics of the object- luster:

dull

Characteristics of the object- cortex:

non

Characteristics of the object- transition:

non

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:

28 mm

Characteristics of the object- length:

83 mm

Characteristics of the object- diameter:

96 mm

Characteristics of the object- weight:

236,2 g

Object description:

fragment of a striped flint axe blade from archaeological excavations at the Ćmielów site, Gawroniec Hill; striped flint occurs in the Upper Jurassic sediments of the Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) Mountains: from Iłża to Zawichost. As well as in the quarries of Bukowa, Maćkowa Góra, Małogoszcza, Głuchowiec, Morawica, and Wola Morawicka

Research Manager/ Creator of Collection:

Balcer, Bogdan

Accession number:

0129/FLI/PL

Chronology:

Upper Oxford

Relation:

Atlas skał

Detailed Resource Type:

Research data

Resource Identifier:

oai:rcin.org.pl:180302

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