Discriminating between flint outcrops in central north Bulgaria: archaeological implications
This paper focuses on newly identified raw material outcrops in central north Bulgaria, in an area only partially surveyed in our previous fieldwork. A new series of 10 raw material and 15 archaeological samples were collected and subjected to an analytical procedure combining macro- and micropetro...
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This paper focuses on newly identified raw material outcrops in central north Bulgaria, in an area only partially surveyed in our previous fieldwork. A new series of 10 raw material and 15 archaeological samples were collected and subjected to an analytical procedure combining macro- and micropetrography with geochemical analysis using LA-ICP-MS. Cognitive insights complete our general research agenda vis-à-vis the supply and use of flint raw materials in pre- and protohistory in Bulgaria. One is to try to distinguish between raw materials from two partially overlapping Late Cretaceous formations – Mezdra and Rumyantsevo – containing macroscopically similar flint concretions. Another lies in the drastic shift in raw material preferences (ergo, procurement system) between large-scale newly excavated BA/EIA assemblages and their ‘Chalcolithic predecessors’ and thus raises the question of what the key factors in such a transformation were; the third relates to the opportunity to reliably discriminate between the outcrops and the artefacts/assemblages affiliated to them. The results of our archaeometric study shed light on the formulated query and highlight the potential of using our large corpus of data in future regional and supraregional scientific collaborations.
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| spelling | doaj-art-72b65fce1551401a8afab0fe04d3ff852025-02-10T01:52:36ZbulAssociation of Bulgarian ArchaeologistsБългарско е-Списание за Археология1314-50882024-12-01142Discriminating between flint outcrops in central north Bulgaria: archaeological implicationsMaria Gurova0Polina Andreeva1Elitsa Stefanova2Department of Prehistory, National Institute of Archaeology with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Saborna Str., 1000 SofiaDepartment of Palaeontology, Stratigraphy and Sedimentology, Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 24 Acad. G. Bonchev Str., 1113 SofiaDepartment of Mineralogy and Mineral Resources, Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 14, 1113 Sofia This paper focuses on newly identified raw material outcrops in central north Bulgaria, in an area only partially surveyed in our previous fieldwork. A new series of 10 raw material and 15 archaeological samples were collected and subjected to an analytical procedure combining macro- and micropetrography with geochemical analysis using LA-ICP-MS. Cognitive insights complete our general research agenda vis-à-vis the supply and use of flint raw materials in pre- and protohistory in Bulgaria. One is to try to distinguish between raw materials from two partially overlapping Late Cretaceous formations – Mezdra and Rumyantsevo – containing macroscopically similar flint concretions. Another lies in the drastic shift in raw material preferences (ergo, procurement system) between large-scale newly excavated BA/EIA assemblages and their ‘Chalcolithic predecessors’ and thus raises the question of what the key factors in such a transformation were; the third relates to the opportunity to reliably discriminate between the outcrops and the artefacts/assemblages affiliated to them. The results of our archaeometric study shed light on the formulated query and highlight the potential of using our large corpus of data in future regional and supraregional scientific collaborations. https://be-ja.org/index.php/journal/article/view/332Рrehistoryflint assemblagesfield surveyraw materialflint procurement strategymicropetrography |
| spellingShingle | Maria Gurova Polina Andreeva Elitsa Stefanova Discriminating between flint outcrops in central north Bulgaria: archaeological implications Българско е-Списание за Археология Рrehistory flint assemblages field survey raw material flint procurement strategy micropetrography |
| title | Discriminating between flint outcrops in central north Bulgaria: archaeological implications |
| title_full | Discriminating between flint outcrops in central north Bulgaria: archaeological implications |
| title_fullStr | Discriminating between flint outcrops in central north Bulgaria: archaeological implications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Discriminating between flint outcrops in central north Bulgaria: archaeological implications |
| title_short | Discriminating between flint outcrops in central north Bulgaria: archaeological implications |
| title_sort | discriminating between flint outcrops in central north bulgaria archaeological implications |
| topic | Рrehistory flint assemblages field survey raw material flint procurement strategy micropetrography |
| url | https://be-ja.org/index.php/journal/article/view/332 |
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