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Flint from the Amboise area

Material name: Flint from the Amboise area
Synonyms: N/A
Material (geologic): Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) flint

Detail of typical brown flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002

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General characteristics

(In part adapted from Alcaydé 1990
 

Geographical setting: N/A
Material and colour: N/A
Other information: N/A
Knapping notes: N/A
Archaeological description: N/A


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Chandon-Tennis court
Locality: Tennis court at Chandon near Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, France
Synonyms: Mining site F42 according to the catalogue of the museum in Bochum, 3rd edition (Weisgerber et al. (eds.) 1999), FlintSource sample 278.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 47° 24' 13" N
Long. 000° 57' 31" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: Precision
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: Suburban exposure with good flint
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002.
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: N/A
  Nodule from exposure at tennis court
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Freshly split nodule from the exposure
at the tennis court
size: 82 mm
Example of slightly milky flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Example of slightly milky flint
length: 67 mm
Sample description: N/A


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Chandon-South
Locality: Chandon near Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, France
Synonyms: FlintSource sample 277.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 47° 23' 32" N
Long. 000° 57' 06" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: Precision
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: View towards Chandon
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: N/A
  Piece of typical brownish flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Piece of typical brownish flint from the Chandon area
size: 78 mm
Small flake of typical flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Small flake of typical slightly transparent flint
size: 42 mm
  Two toned flint variety
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Large flake of the two-toned variety
size: 82 mm
 
Sample description: N/A


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Lussault-sur-Loire
Locality: Lussault-sur-Loire, département Indre-et-Loire, France
Synonyms: FlintSource sample 276.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 47° 23' 59" N
Long. 000° 56' 18" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: Precision
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: N/A
  Flake of white glassy flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Flake of white glassy flint
size: 58 mm
Piece of dense white flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Piece of dense white flint
length: 45 mm
  White flint with darker band
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Sample of white spotted flint with
darker band under the cortex
size: 79 mm
brown/white flint from Lussault
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Flake of brown/white flint from Lussault
length: 48 mm
Sample description: N/A


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La Chalonnière
Locality: La Chalonnière near Amboise, département Indre-et-Loire, France
Synonyms: FlintSource sample 279.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 47° 26' 41" N
Long. 001° 03' 31" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: Precision
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: Nice, but somewhat dangerous exposure
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: chalk with abundant flinty nodules
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
  Flake of brown flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Flake of spotted transparent brown flint
length: 53 mm
Nodule of opaque flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Split nodule of opaque two-toned flint
size: 61 mm
Sample description: N/A

 

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