From Mine to User: Production and Procurement Systems of Siliceous Rocks in the European Neolithic and Bronze Age

Proceedings of the XVIII UISPP World Congress (4-9 June 2018, Paris, France) Volume 10 Session XXXIII-1&2

Edited by Françoise Bostyn Edited by François Giligny Edited by Peter Topping

Book cover: From Mine to User: Production and Procurement Systems of Siliceous Rocks in the European Neolithic and Bronze Age

Extent: 150 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: European Prehistory

Series: Proceedings of the UISPP World Congress

Language: English

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(February 2021)

ISBN: 9781789697117

8.07 x 11.42 inches

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Presents papers from Parts 1 and 2 of Session XXXIII of the 18th UISPP World Congress (Paris, June 2018). The first part, ‘Siliceous rocks: procurement and distribution systems’, looks at production systems and the diffusion of mining products, while the second, ‘Flint mines and chipping floors…’, focuses on knapping activities.


From Mine to User: Production and Procurement Systems of Siliceous Rocks in the European Neolithic and Bronze Age presents the papers from Session XXXIII of the 18th UISPP World Congress (Paris, June 2018). 23 authors contribute nine papers from Parts 1 and 2 of the Session. The first session ‘Siliceous rocks: procurement and distribution systems’ was aimed at analysing one of the central research issues related to mining, i.e. the production systems and the diffusion of mining products. The impact of extraction on the environment, group mobility and the numbers involved in the exploitation phase were considered; mining products were also examined with a view to identifying local and imported/exported products and the underlying social organization relating to the different fields of activity. The second session ‘Flint mines and chipping floors from prehistory to the beginning of the nineteenth century’ focused on knapping activities. The significance of the identification of knapping workshops in the immediate vicinity of mine shafts and of their presence in villages as well as in intermediary places between the two was considered in the analysis of chaine operatoire sequences. The potential of product quality and artefact distribution to contribute to the understanding of the social organisation of the communities being studied was also examined.

Introduction Cantacorbs: Recovering a forgotten Neolithic site in the Prades Mountains (Rojals, Montblanc, NE Iberia) - Juan Luis Fernandez-Marchena, Jose Ramon Rabunal, Gala Garcia-Argudo, Diego Lombao, Maria Soto, Josep Vallverdu The use of landscape and geo-resources at microregional scale during the later part of the Late Glacial in the south-eastern part of the Ryczow Upland (Polish Jura) - Magdalena Sudol-Procyk, Maciej T. Krajcarz 'Ostroga' in Ruda Koscielna (Central Poland) - the oldest point of banded flint exploitation? - Janusz Budziszewski, Witold Gruzdz, Michal Jakubczak, Michal Szubski 'Chocolate' flint mining from Final Palaeolithic up to Early Iron Age - a review - Dagmara H. Werra, Katarzyna Kerneder-Gubala Copper Age lithic workshop on Mount Doc, Segusino-Treviso, North-eastern Italy: Preliminary report on new research - Rossella Duches, Emanuela Gilli, Marco Peresani La miniere a silex neolithique de Lisle les Sablons (Loir-et-Cher, France). Premiers resultats de 3 campagnes de fouille de 2016 a 2018 - Harold Lethrosne, Olivia Dupart, Clement Recq Neolithic quarries and knapping in northern Corsica. The rhyolite deposit of Alzu Plateau - Adrien Reggio, Nadia Ameziane-Federzoni Ateliers de taille, habitats et sites d'extraction du silex de la fin du Ve au IIIe millenaire avant notre ere dans le bassin minier Marne et Morin (Seine-et-Marne) - Veronique Brunet Borownia upon the River Kamienna (Poland) - a prehistoric mine of striped flint in light of the first excavations - Jacek Lech, Introduction ;

Cantacorbs: Recovering a forgotten Neolithic site in the Prades Mountains (Rojals, Montblanc, NE Iberia) – Juan Luis Fernández-Marchena, José Ramón Rabuñal, Gala García-Argudo, Diego Lombao, María Soto, Josep VallverdúMagdalena Sudoł-Procyk, Maciej T. KrajcarzJanusz Budziszewski, Witold Grużdź, Michał Jakubczak, Michał SzubskiDagmara H. Werra, Katarzyna Kerneder-GubałaRossella Duches, Emanuela Gilli, Marco PeresaniHarold Lethrosne, Olivia Dupart, Clément RecqAdrien Reggio, Nadia Ameziane-FederzoniVéronique BrunetJacek Lech

  • Edited by Françoise Bostyn
  • Edited by François Giligny
  • Edited by Peter Topping