Name:

Chocolate' flint : 2D documentation

Type of object:

Geological sample

Archaelogical site:

Polany II

Location- administrative unit (present):

Polany, Radom distr., Mazovian voivodeship, Poland

Topographic location:

North-East margin of the Holy Cross Mountain

Object type:

siliceous rocks ; flint

Characteristics of the object- technique:

non

Characteristics of the object- raw material:

Upper Jurassic flint

Characteristics of the object- colour:

10 YR 3/2

Characteristics of the object- transparency:

3 – translucent and 4 - transparent

Characteristics of the object- fracture:

waxy

Characteristics of the object- texture/facture:

visible very delicate distinct layers with thickness of bands up to 1 mm in more intensive brown colour; concentrations forming splotches; concretions - nodules thick from several up to 50 cm; and long up to several cm

Characteristics of the object- luster:

dull

Characteristics of the object- cortex:

thin smooth, with tiny appendages to the inside of the concretion

Characteristics of the object- transition:

clear transition

Characteristics of the object- patina:

non

Characteristics of the object- colour of patine:

non

Characteristics of the object- width:

45 mm

Characteristics of the object- thickness:

21 mm

Characteristics of the object- length:

9 mm

Characteristics of the object- diameter:

45 mm

Characteristics of the object- weight:

7,9 g

Object description:

group IIIb according Schild 1971; occurrence: Polany kolonie I i II, Wierzbica 'Zele'

Research Manager/ Creator of Collection:

Schild, Romuald

Accession number:

0036/FLI/PL

Chronology:

Upper Jurassic

Relation:

Atlas skał

Resource Identifier:

oai:rcin.org.pl:96987

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