Name:

Banded flint : 2D documentation

Type of object:

Geological sample

Archaelogical site:

Gliniany

Location- administrative unit (present):

Gliniany, Opatów district, Świętokrzyskie province

Topographic location:

northeastern edging of Świętokrzyskie Mountains

Hydrographic network:

Vistula (Central part of the Vistula basin)

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 4/1 4/2

Characteristics of the object- transparency:

4 - transparent

Characteristics of the object- fracture:

waxy

Characteristics of the object- texture/facture:

silica matrix mostly very homogenous in texture; nonhomogenous inside of the concretion: the zone directly under the cortex visibly banded

Characteristics of the object- luster:

matt

Characteristics of the object- cortex:

rough, thick up to 10 mm

Characteristics of the object- transition:

clearly distinct

Characteristics of the object- patina:

non

Characteristics of the object- colour of patine:

non

Characteristics of the object- width:

56 mm

Characteristics of the object- thickness:

9 mm

Characteristics of the object- length:

23,5 mm

Characteristics of the object- diameter:

56 mm

Characteristics of the object- weight:

12,3 g

Object description:

Chocolate flint exploitation point "Raven Hill" in Gliniany. Outcrop found by geologist Jan Samsonowicz; in 1923 research was carried out by Stefan Krukowski. The site is over 200 m long and 70 m wide; partially destroyed during exploration of a nearby quarry during the interwar time

Research Manager/ Creator of Collection:

Lech, Jacek

Accession number:

0222/FLI/PL

Chronology:

Upper Jurassic (Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian)

Relation:

Atlas skał

Detailed Resource Type:

Research data

Resource Identifier:

oai:rcin.org.pl:206805

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