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Pays de Thelle
(Oise region)

Material name: Flint from the Pays de Thelle
Synonyms: N/A
Material (geologic): Upper Cretaceous flint

Detail of typical Thelles flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002

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General characteristics

(In part adapted from Pomerol & Feugueur
 

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


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Méru
Locality: Méru, département Oise, Picardie region, France
Synonyms: Mining site F 20 according to the catalogue of the museum in Bochum, 3rd edition (Weisgerber et al. (eds.) 1999). FlintSource samples 295 and 296.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 49° 13' 33" N
Long. 002° 07' 09" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: The coordinates given above are those of sample 295 from the large quarry South of the road to Hénonville and were taken with a handheld GPS receiver near the exposure were most of the sample comes from. See below for further sampling information.
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: View towards the large quarry used as rubbish dump
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: Sourcerer working the face of the small northern quarry
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
  Typical grey flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Freshly knapped flake of typical grey flint
size: 80 mm
Flint with bands
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Large piece of brownish flint with slight banding under the cortex
length: 102 mm
  Clouded flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Flake of clouded brownish material
size: 66 mm
 
Sample description: N/A
  Grey flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Flake of grey flint from the small quarry
size:
Slightly brownish variety
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Slightly brownish variety from the same site
size:


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Le Vaumain
Locality: Le Vaumain, département Oise, Picardie region, France
Synonyms: FlintSource samples 297.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 49° 20' 07" N
Long. 001° 52' 37" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: The coordinates given were taken with a handheld GPS receiver between the road and the quarry, and are accurate within ten meters.
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: Small, partly refilled quarry near Le Vaumain
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: N/A
  Fine grey spotted flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Flake of fine, slightly cloudy flint
size: 77 mm
Flint with translucent band
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Typical grey material with brownish translucent band
size: 38 mm
  light grey flint with brownish patches
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Light grey, cloudy flint with brownish patches
size: 63 mm
Flint with orange schliers
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Flint with orange schliers, probably caused by infiltration of iron salts
length: 88 mm
Sample description: N/A


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Sérifontaine
Locality: Sérifontaine, département Oise, Picardie region, France
Synonyms: Sérifontaine "Champignolles"; Mining site F 14 according to the catalogue of the museum in Bochum, 3rd edition (Weisgerber et al. (eds.) 1999). FlintSource samples 298.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 49° 21' 30" N
Long. 001° 47' 14" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: The location was established using a 12 channel handheld GPS receiver and will be accurate enough to find the spot.
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: View towards the large quarry used as rubbish dump
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: N/A
  Typical flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Typical coarse flint from Serifontaine
length: 63 mm
Another example
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Another example of the same type of material
size: 76 mm
  Finer flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Flake of finer, slightly brownish flint
size: 55 mm
Clouded variety
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Medium grained, clouded variety
size: 60 mm
Sample description: N/A

 

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