Prehistoric quarrying in the Jizerské hory mountains

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 comprehensi...

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Main Authors: Pavel Burgert, Petr Šída, František Trampota, Václav Kachlík, Antonín Přichystal
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences 2024-12-01
Series:Archeologia Polski
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Online Access:https://journals.iaepan.pl/apol/article/view/3828
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0003-8180
2719-7034