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Stone age after the Stone age: Gunflint
These are gunflints from the 18th century. They were part of a flintlock mechanism, that became popular during the early modern (http://science.howstuffworks.com/flintlock2.htm). In Germany the Duke of Brunswick was the first, who introduced flint lock rifles for his territorial troops … Continue reading
Geometric Engravings on the cortex of flint (Willendorf Kostenki)
This is an enigmantic Criss cross Pattern on a burinated blade, engraved on the cortex of flint, found at Moravany Banka and belonging to the Willendorf-Kostenki technocomplex (Displayed with different tresholds; Please click to enlarge!). During the evolution of symbolic … Continue reading
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Tagged Engraving, Flint, Gravettian, Moravany, Steinzeit, Willendor-Kostenki
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“Helgoland flint” Arrow
“Roter Feuerstein” (“red flint”) or “Helgoland flint” is occasionally found at the shores of the small archipelago of Helgoland in the North Sea. Helgoland consist of the two small islands of Helgoland and Düne. Red flint is exclusively found at Düne. The … Continue reading
The late Neolithic in Eastern Europe
Large sickles and Dagger-like thin artifacts, often made of delicate black flint and made with an advanced pressure flaking technique, are the characteristic for the late Neolithic/early Bonze Age in the East European Plain. This specimens come from the Crimea (near … Continue reading
La Gane Rock Shelter at Groléjac (Dordogne)
Groléjac is a small French village, situated near the Dordogne River. The Abri de la Gane is a rather large rock shelter which was partially destructed by the construction of a pigeonry during the early 20th century. The spoil and … Continue reading
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Tagged Aurignacian, Calcedony, Flint, Jasper, Mousterian
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Bergerac chert during the upper paleolithic
Some upper paleolithic surface findings made of Bergerac chert (1: Double scraper, 2: Scraper-Burin, 4: Burin with basal notch, 5: Scraper (1,2,4,5,: Le Porget,Corbiac), 3: Projectile point (Magdalemian from Limeul) An large number of lithic raw material surveys has been conducted … Continue reading