Publication details
Využití serpentinitů z jižního Polska na kamennou broušenou industrii
| Title in English | Use of serpentinite from the south Poland in polished industry production in Moravia |
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| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Otázky neolitu a eneolitu našich zemí |
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| Field | Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology |
| Keywords | serpentinite; polished stone tools; Neolithic; Eneolithic; Gogołów-Jordanów massif; Braszowice-Brźeznica massif; Szklary massif |
| Description | Serpentinites had been popular raw materials for production of polished stone industry in prehistoric times. They rarely occur already in the Neolithic period but a greater extension of utilization can be seen during the Eneolithic, especially for battle-axes connected with the Corded Ware culture. The source of raw material for these battle-axes found in northern Moravia and Czech Silesia is assumed the Gogołów-Jordanów massif in southern Poland (Přichystal , Šebela 1992) but also other serpentinite occurrences around the block of Sowie Góry Mts. (Braszowice-Brźeznica and Szklary massifs) can not be excluded. Special attention was paid to the mentioned Gogołów-Jordanów massif. The comparison was based on mineral composition determined using the microprobe and on a whole-rock chemical composition. Based on the comparison of Polish serpentinite sources and Neolithic and Eneolithic serpentinite artefacts we can state the serpentinite artefacts from the Corded Ware culture (Eneolithic) show similar features as serpentinites from the Gogolów-Jordanów massif in southern Poland. In contrary the South-Moravian Neolithic serpentinite artefacts have different signs comparing the sources in Poland and their origin should be supposed somewhere else. |
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