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... > area (en) > Grabungsareal Kategorie > Siedlung > building (en) > Bautechnik > building material (en) > Stein > Kieselschiefer > Flint
finds (en) > Fundmaterial > Stein > Kieselschiefer > Flint
... > area (en) > Grabungsareal Kategorie > Steinbruch > raw material (en) > Stein > Kieselschiefer > Flint
... > finds (en) > Fundtypus > Steinwerkzeug > Rohmaterial > Stein > Kieselschiefer > Flint

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Flint  

Definition

  • Flint is a fine-grained quarz and a silica mineral included under the general term chert. In Neolithic it was used as material source for tools and weapons.

Broader concept

Source

  • Encyclopaedia Britannica - https://www.britannica.com/science/chert#ref272901

Editorial note

  • 6.2; 6.4

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https://vocabs.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/defcthesaurus/flint/4.11

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