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Girolles Flint

Material name: Girolles flint
Synonyms: N/A
Material (geologic): (presumably Upper Cretaceous) flint

Detail of typical zoned flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
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General characteristics

 
 

Geographical setting: Gâtinais
Material and colour: Heap of surface material
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Other information: N/A
Knapping notes: N/A
Archaeological description: N/A

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Girolles-Les Portes Rouges
Locality: Girolles-Les Portes Rouges, département Loiret, Centre region, France
Synonyms: Mining site F 67 according to the catalogue of the museum in Bochum, 3rd edition (Weisgerber et al. (eds.) 1999). FlintSource sample 282.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 48° 04' 16" N
Long. 002° 43' 19" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: Precision
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: View across sampling area towards Les Portes Rouges
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: N/A
  Flake of typical material
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Flake of typical material
size 61 mm 		Flake of whitish flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Flake of whitish flint
length 48 mm
  Inside of split nodule
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Inside of split nodule
size 75 mm 		Outside of split nodule
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Outside of split nodule with rusty cortex
length 75 mm
Sample description: N/A
  Flake of typical material
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Prehistoric (?) flake of typical flint
size 45 mm 		Another flake of typical flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Another flake of typical flint, slightly patinated
length 52 mm

 
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