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Korlát quartzite

Material name: Korlát quartzite
Synonyms: limnic quartzite; limnoquartzite
Material (geologic): Tertiary (Neogene, Pliocene) perivolcanic silcrete

Detail of limnoquartzite
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002

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General characteristics

(In part adapted from Simán 1995b and Simán 1986a
 

Geographical setting: View along the Western side of the Zemplen Mountains
Foto: Andreas Kinne, 2001
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Material and colour: N/A
Other information: N/A
Knapping notes: N/A
Archaeological description: N/A


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Ravaszlyuktetö
Locality: Korlát-Ravaszlyuktetö, Zemplén Mountains, Hungary
Synonyms: Mining-site H 4, according to the catalogue of the museum in Bochum (Weisgerber et al. (eds.) 1999), and see Simán 1995b for more precise information; FlintSource sample 215.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 48° 21' 57" N
Long. 021° 15' 33" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: Precision
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: View towards Ravaszlyuktetö
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2001
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: N/A
  Flake of typical quartzite
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Presumably prehistoric flake of typical quartzite
length: 41 mm
Flake with cortex
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Dorsal view of same flake with cortex
length: 41 mm
  Piece of brown limnoquartzite
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Piece of brown, glassy limnoquartzite
length: 59 mm
Flake with numerous inclusions
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Flake with numerous inclusions, probably plant fibers
length: 46 mm
Sample description: N/A
  Piece of translucent material
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Piece of translucent, chalcedony-like material
size: 33 mm
Patinated flake
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Strongly patinated prehistoric flake
length: 50 mm


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Muzsaj
Locality: Korlát-Muzsaj, Zemplén Mountains, Hungary
Synonyms: FlintSource sample 216.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 48° 22' 10" N
Long. 021° 14' 45" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: The coordinates given are those of the spot where we parked our car at the foot of the hill. The material comes from the slope between these coordinates and those given for Ravaszlyuktetö above.
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Sampling information: N/A
  flake with cortex
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Flake of typical brown material with cortex
length: 56 mm
White, slightly veined quartzite
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
White, slightly veined and coarser quartzite
size: 38 mm
Sample description: N/A

 

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