1. Prehistoric quarrying in the Jizerské hory mountains
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Pavel Burgert, Petr Šída, František Trampota, Václav Kachlík, and Antonín Přichystal
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Neolithic ,Mesolithic ,LBK ,quarrying ,Jizera Mountains-type (Jizerské hory) metabasite ,Auxiliary sciences of history ,Prehistoric archaeology ,GN700-890 ,Medieval history ,D111-203 - Abstract
In the 20 years since the important discovery of metabasite quarrying in the Jizerské hory Mountains (northern Bohemia, Czech Republic) a wealth of knowledge has been gathered on this raw material used to make Neolithic polished stone tools. A synthesis of these results now gives a more comprehensive view of how this raw material was employed in different periods and extracted directly at the source sites. The overview is at the same time a springing board for further research. Exploitation of metabasite and its widest spatial distribution was in the Linear Pottery culture (LBK; 5400–5000/4900 BC). In the post-LBK period of regionalisation, the sources of raw materials for the production of polished tools were diversified and the degree of utilisation of Jizera Mountains-type metabasite is demonstrably varied by region.
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- 2024
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