Stan i potrzeba badań nad materiałami krzemiennymi ze stanowisk wczesnośredniowiecznych

• Authors: Ewelina Baranowska

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FLINT FINDS FROM EARLY MEDIEVAL CONTEXTS. CURRENT STATUS OF RESEARCH AND NEED FOR MORE IN-DEPTH FUTURE ANALYSIS

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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Flint finds recovered during the investigation of early medieval sites are a sizable group. They have been recorded in grave-fields and in settlements. However, in the Polish literature we have studies specifically devoted to their subject. As a first step we need to identify flint artefacts in the material from medieval sites. Next, to separate worked flints datable to the early medieval period (taking into account particularly pieces worked using the fairly primitive splintering technique) and pieces that have an earlier dating. We have evidence on the reuse of prehistoric flint tools during the medieval period, e.g., the blade from the grave-field at Nowe Litewniki, or the Mesolithic core reused for a fire-flint, from site 22 at Łukawica. Moreover, we need to pay attention to pseudo-artefacts, which by reason of their form or colour could have been an object of interest. It is important to analyse flints discovered in association with fire-steels, because use-wear on fire flints has been analysed relatively well, especially for earlier periods of prehistory. A comprehensive analysis of questions outlined above could add to our understanding of the use of the flint resource during the early medieval period.

Keywords

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FLINT; EARLY MEDIEVAL PERIOD; USE-WEAR ANALYSIS

• Publisher: Instytut Archeologii Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
• Journal: Śląskie Sprawozdania Archeologiczne
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 53
• Pages: 225-229

Contributors

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Ewelina Baranowska

• Stacjonarne Studia Doktoranckie Nauk o Kulturze, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, ul. Szewska 48, 50-139 Wrocław, Poland.