Publication details
Metabasites - the key raw material for Neolithic shoe-last celts and axes in Central Europe
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| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Geologia |
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| Field | Geology and mineralogy |
| Keywords | Neolithic- Central Europe- shoe-last celts and axes - metabasites |
| Description | Three sources of metabasites in eastern Central Europe exploitated in the Neolithic have been characterised. The most important one lies in the Jizerské hory Mts., N Bohemia, another one at Želešice near Brno (Czech Republic) and the third in the Malé Karpaty Mts., Slovakia. Distribution map of metabasites from the Jizerské hory Mts. shows their occurrences at Neolithic sites up to 500 km from the source. |
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