Jablines flint

Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001

Sampled sites: Jablines, "Le Haut Château"

General characteristics

(In part adapted from Bostyn & Lanchon 1992 and Bostyn & Lanchon 1995a) 
 

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

Locality:	Jablines, "Le Haut Château", département Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France region, France
Synonyms:	Again one of the more problematic entries in the catalogue of prehistoric flintmines. In the 1995 "Appendix to the Bochum catalogue of prehistoric flint mines in Europe" (Archaeologia Polona 33, 261-533) Jablines was given the number F 50, being the first free number after the last entry F 49 in the 1980 catalogue (Weisgerber et al. (eds.) 1980). In the 3rd edition of the Bochum catalogue (Weisgerber et al. (eds.) 1999), Jablines is listed as F 62. As this last work contains the most comprehensive list of mining sites, this number should be used when referring to Jablines FlintSource samples 293 and 294.
Geographical description:	WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates:	Lat. 48° 54' 35" N Long. 002° 45' 54" E (Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision:	Never mind about any precision: the site covers more than 20 hectares, so being anywhere near these coordinates will do to find yourself in the prehistoric mining area.
Other topographical information:	HowToGetThere
Additional information:	Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
	WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information:	PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information:	N/A

	Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003   Flake of typical chert with characteristic inclusions (click on thumbnail for a high-resolution photo) size:	Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003   Piece of dark brown, very fine and glassy chert size:
	Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003   Flake of banded silexite, similar to the material of Romigny-Lhéry size:	Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003   Split nodule of coarser material with thick cortex size:

	Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003   Slightly patinated (prehistoric) flake of very dark silex size:	Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003   Piece of opaque material with fossilized mollusc size:
	Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003   Flake of fine chert with numerous lineair inclusions size:	Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003   Flake of opaque, imperfectly silicified material with thick chalky cortex size: