Published: 2016-01-01

Siliceous raw material from Bieszczady Mountains: Sources and use

Andrzej Pelisiak

Abstract

Lithic chipped materials discovered in the course of research in the Polish High Bieszczady Mts. carried out from 2012 are dated to the Late Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age. They represent several raw material groups: menilite hornstones, siliceous sandstones, siliceous marl, and the socalled Bircza flint. Sources of these rocks are located either in the Bieszczady Mts. or in the nearby vicinity. Individual raw material groups are not homogenous; the same kind of rock can have different physical characteristics, depending on specific sources. Consequently, their effectiveness as tool production raw material is uneven. All raw materials were utilized mainly locally

Keywords:

siliceous raw material, Carpathians, Bieszczady Mountains, late Neolithic, Bronze Age

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Pelisiak, A. (2016). Siliceous raw material from Bieszczady Mountains: Sources and use. Archaeologia Polona, 54, 21–31. Retrieved from https://journals.iaepan.pl/apolona/article/view/427

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