Name:

Wedge - mining tool

Other names:

Orońsko

Type of object:

Archaeological artifact

Archaelogical site:

Orońsko, site 2 ; mining field - flint mine, flint workshops

Site-locality-cutting/cut:

trench I4/ feature 2

Site-locality-sector:

m. 1/2

Location- administrative unit (present):

Orońsko, Oronsko commune, szydłowiec district, mazowieckie voywodeship

Topographic location:

north-eastern margin of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains ; border of the Radom Plain (Wzniesienia Południowomazowieckie) and the northern part of the Iłża Foreland (Wyżyna Kielecko-Sandomierska)

Hydrographic network:

Oronka Valley - tributary of the Szabasówka River

AZP Number:

91-76/66

Object type:

bone artefact

Characteristics of the object:

tool

Characteristics of the object- raw material:

elk bone

Characteristics of the object- width:

16 mm

Characteristics of the object- thickness:

18 mm

Characteristics of the object- length:

145 mm

Object description:

wedge - mining tool - made from the piece of bone with extracted top and polished working part ; the tool was used for exploitation of the flint from the limestone

Research Manager/ Creator of Collection:

Kerneder-Gubała, Katarzyna

Author (of drawing, photo, record):

Kerneder-Gubała, Katarzyna

Data:

2017

Place of publication of results:

Osipowicz, G., Kerneder-Gubała, K., Bosiak, M., Makowiecki, D. & Orłowska, J., (2019). The oldest osseous mining tools in Europe? New discoveries from the chocolate flint mine in Orońsko, site 2 (southern Poland). Quaternary International, 512, 82-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2019.02.005

Accession number:

Or2I4/k-891

Chronology:

Pleistocene, Late Palaeolithic (Alleröd - Younger Dryas, GI-1a - GS-1) ; Tanged Point Technocomplex: Old Tanged Points

General remarks:

Archaeological research in the Orońsko commune were carried out as part of the project "Exploitation and processing of chocolate flint during Paleolithic and Mesolithic in the North-Western part of its deposits based on non-invasive archeological and geophysical research and test-trenches" financed by the National Science Center in 2016-2020 (2015/17 / N / HS3 / 01279)

Subject and Keywords:

Orońsko ; chocolate flint mine ; flint workshops ; flint ; Palaeolithic

Relation:

Orońsko - kopalnie krzemienia czekoladowego

Resource type:

Image

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