After giving a short history of flint pits within the territory of Poland of whom those oldest may be dated as far (back as some 20 000 years ago the author described the state of preservation of these pits, ditches and areas in which were manufactured the flint implements stating that they disappear as a consequence of extensive deep plouhings. As a quite rare exception can be quoted here the flint pit a t Krzemionki Opatowskie that has heen subjected to strict protection. Concluding his considerations the author advanced a proposal that all traces of pre-historic mining be carefully safeguarded for the future generations through purchasing of soils and forming of archaeological sites.
In the spring of 2002, an object of regular shape was found during home gardening in the village of Tychów Nowy, comm. Mirzec, distr. Starachowice, woj. świętokrzyskie. The object had regular trapezoidal outline in plane, with a slightly oblique and rounded butt, and a damaged cutting edge (Fig. 1). The majority of the surface of the object, apart from the dihedral side, show clear traces of multidirectional polishing which also covers the area of the butt. The tool was made of the chocolate flint. We are dealing here with a knife-like form – a kind of backed knife, which in its final shape could have been also used as an axe. Taking into account the original function as a backed knife, the dating of the object should be narrowed down to the Early Bronze Age, most probably to the Mierzanowice Culture.
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