Name:

Gray white-spotted flint

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:

Turonian

Characteristics of the object- colour:

10 YR 5/1 6/1 i 7/1

Characteristics of the object- transparency:

0 - non - transparent

Characteristics of the object- fracture:

matt

Characteristics of the object- texture/facture:

bright dots and spots evenly dispersed in the gray silica matrix; silica matrix colour: 10 YR 5/1 and 6/1; 10 YR 7/1 dots colour

Characteristics of the object- luster:

dull

Characteristics of the object- cortex:

very thin up to 1 mm

Characteristics of the object- transition:

clear transition

Characteristics of the object- patina:

non

Characteristics of the object- colour of patine:

non

Characteristics of the object- width:

57 mm

Characteristics of the object- thickness:

39 mm

Characteristics of the object- length:

165 mm

Characteristics of the object- diameter:

165 mm

Characteristics of the object- weight:

508,6 g

Object description:

Roughout axe blades made of Świeciechów flint from the excavations at neolithic settlement on the Gawroniec Hills in Ćmielów; Świeciechów flint occur in the area of Gościeradów, Annopol, Świeciechów Południowy (former Świeciechów-Lasek), Wymysłów and Wólka Gościeradowska

Research Manager/ Creator of Collection:

Balcer, Bogdan

Accession number:

0130/FLI/PL

Chronology:

Turonian

Relation:

Atlas skał

Detailed Resource Type:

Research data

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