Title:

The early Bronze age flint mine at site ii, Polany, Radom district

Subtitle:

Przegląd Archeologiczny T. 35 (1988)

Creator:

Chmielewska, Maria (1920–2016)

Publisher:

Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii Kultury Materialnej

Place of publishing:

Wrocław

Date issued/created:

1988

Description:

ill. ; 29 cm

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Bronze Age -- Poland ; Mierzanowice culture ; flint mines ; chocolate flint ; Polany, Wierzbica commune (Poland)

Abstract:

In 1971-1972 excavations were carried out at Site II of the flint mine at Polany, Radom District. The present author published a short report on the 1971 work in 1973. Some results of the research work, at the site have also been presented, briefly too, in a few more general publications. This site is also included in the recently published catalogue of European flint mines (Chmielewska 1980, 583 ff.). The excavations uncovered one pit as a whole and a few others partly. From analysis of flint artifacts from on-site workshops and the 1 4C date of a sample of charcoal from one of the pits, we can assume that the population of the younger stage of the Mierzanowice culture (1600-1500 BC) extracted chocolate flint at this part of the mine. These analyses certainly also permitted some conclusions to be drawn aboutthe extraction techniques, yield size, production directions in on-site workshops, distribution of raw flint and economic and property relationships at the mine

Relation:

Przegląd Archeologiczny

Volume:

35

Start page:

139

End page:

181

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

0079-7138

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. P III 149 ; IAiE PAN, call no. P III 272 ; IAiE PAN, call no. P III 353 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Ministry of Science and Higher Education ; Activities popularizing science (DUN)

Access:

Open