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Hallencourt

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

Detail of typical flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002

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General characteristics

(In part adapted from Fabre 2001
 

Geographical setting: N/A
Material and colour: N/A
Other information: View into one of the excavated shafts
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Knapping notes: N/A
Archaeological description: N/A


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Hallencourt-Wanel
Locality: Hallencourt-Wanel, département Somme, Picardy region, France
Synonyms: Hallencourt-"Les Bouts du Mont"; mining site F 61 according to the catalogue of the museum in Bochum, 3rd edition (Weisgerber et al. (eds.) 1999). FlintSource sample 304.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 49° 59' 34" N
Long. 001° 54' 14" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: The coordinates given were taken directly to the South of the small wood where the excavated and collapsed shafts are to be found. The site itself covers about 50 hectares, so you can hardly miss it when you are anywhere to the South of Hallencourt-Wanel.
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: View from the sampling location towards the North
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: View across the sampling area towards the small wood
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
  Typical flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Typical dark flint from the mining site
size: 54 mm
Flint with thick cortex
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Flake with thick, chalky cortex
length: 60 mm
  Banded flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Flake from a flattish nodule of banded flint
size: 43 mm
Cloudy flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Lighted flint with "cloudy" patterning
length: 70 mm
Sample description: N/A
  Patinated blade
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Strongly patinated fragment of a large blade
length: 80 mm
Material with numerous inclusions
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Flake of brown material with abundant inclusions
size: 57 mm

 

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