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Breteuil area
(Oise region)

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

Detail of typical grey flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
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General characteristics

(In part adapted from Agache 1959) 
 

Geographical setting: N/A
Material and colour: Nodule in situ at large quarry in Viefvillers
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Other information: N/A
Knapping notes: N/A
Archaeological description: N/A

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Viefvillers
Locality: Viefvillers, département Oise, Picardie region, France
Synonyms: FlintSource samples 299 and 300.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 49° 36' 45" N
Long. 002° 08' 47" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: The coordinates given are those of the larger quarry, directly at the D 930 road (sample 300).
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: Large quarry at Viefvillers
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: Smaller quarry at Viefvillers
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
  Typical grey flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Flake of typical grey flint from the small quarry
length: 66 mm 		Lighter variety
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Slightly lighter variety with characteristic thick cortex
size: 85 mm
  Dark flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Blackish, fine grained material
size: 49 mm 		Veined flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Glassy flint with ferrous stains
length: 62 mm
Sample description: N/A
  Lighter material
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Very light, opaque flint
from the larger quarry
length: 50 mm 		Clouded flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Translucent, cloudy material
size: 38 mm

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Hardivillers
Locality: Viefvillers, département Oise, Picardie region, France
Synonyms: Hardivillers/Trossencourt; mining site F 23 according to the catalogue of the museum in Bochum, 3rd edition (Weisgerber et al. (eds.) 1999). FlintSource sample 301.
Catalogue number F 23 was given to the whole complex of mining/extraction sites and workshops in the area as described in Agache 1959.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 49° 37' 09" N
Long. 002° 14' 21" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: Coordinates of general area of surface collection, not of the disused quarry shown below, which lies several hunderd metres to the Northwest.
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: How to recognize a quarry from quite some distance
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: WhatYouSeeAbove
  Typical grey flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Large flake of typical grey flint from the area
length: 84 mm 		Darker material
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Darker variety with thick, hard cortex
size: 55 mm
  Prehistoric flake
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Slightly patinated prehistoric flake
length: 32 mm 		 
Sample description: N/A

 
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