Name:

Villemaur-sur-Vanne : 2D documentation

Type of object:

Geological sample

Archaelogical site:

"bois Marot" dep. Aube

Location- administrative unit (present):

Villemaur-sur-Vanne, Grand Est region, Aube departament ; land of Champagne/Ardennes

Object type:

siliceous rocks ; flint

Characteristics of the object- technique:

non

Characteristics of the object- raw material:

Senonian flint

Characteristics of the object- colour:

7.5YR 8/1 7/1 6/1 5/1 5/1 4/1

Characteristics of the object- transparency:

non-transparent and sometimes slightly transparent by the edges of a specimen

Characteristics of the object- fracture:

matt

Characteristics of the object- texture/facture:

silica matrix, homogenous, fine-crystalline, with rare large spots of lighter colour and dots arranged more densely; ferruginous colours on the surface

Characteristics of the object- luster:

greasy-matt

Characteristics of the object- cortex:

rough, irregular, up to 10 mm thick

Characteristics of the object- transition:

under cortex a clear white band about 2 mm thick

Characteristics of the object- patina:

non

Characteristics of the object- colour of patine:

non

Characteristics of the object- width:

165 mm

Characteristics of the object- thickness:

39 mm

Characteristics of the object- length:

98 mm

Characteristics of the object- diameter:

165 mm

Characteristics of the object- weight:

595,6 g

Object description:

Raw material exploitation point in a region with many flint mines; material collected from the surface of the raw material outcrop by Jacek Lech

Research Manager/ Creator of Collection:

Lech, Jacek

Accession number:

0323/FLI/FR

Chronology:

Cretaceous

Relation:

Atlas skał

Detailed Resource Type:

Research data

Resource Identifier:

oai:rcin.org.pl:215539

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