Published: 22024-12-31 — Updated on 2024-12-31

Prehistoric quarrying in the Jizerské hory mountains

Pavel Burgert , Petr Šída , František Trampota , Václav Kachlík , Antonín Přichystal
Archeologia Polski
Section: Studies
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/APol69.2024.003

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.

Keywords:

Neolithic, Mesolithic, LBK, quarrying, Jizera Mountains-type (Jizerské hory) metabasite

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Burgert, P., Šída, P., Trampota, F., Kachlík, V., & Přichystal, A. (2024). Prehistoric quarrying in the Jizerské hory mountains. Archeologia Polski, 69, 43–68. https://doi.org/10.23858/APol69.2024.003

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