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... > area > area type > settlement > building > building technique > building material > stone > chert
finds > finds material > stone > chert
... > area > area type > quarry > raw material > stone > chert
... > finds > finds type > lithics > lithic material > stone > chert

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chert  

Definition

  • Chert is a very fine-grained quarz and a silica mineral. Several varieties are included under the general term: jasper, chalcedony, agate, flint, porcelanite, and novaculite. In Neolithic it was used for tools and weapon.

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Source

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

Editorial note

  • 5.3; 5.5

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https://vocabs.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/defcthesaurus/chert/3.12

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