Publication details
Prehistoric quarrying in the Jizerské hory Mountains
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Archeologia Polski |
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| Citation | |
| web | https://doi.org/10.23858/APol69.2024.003 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.23858/APol69.2024.003 |
| Keywords | Neolithic; Mesolithic; LBK; quarrying; Jizera Mountains-type (Jizerské hory) metabasite |
| Description | 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. |
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