Chocolate flint: new perspectives on its deposits, mining, use and distribution by prehistoric communities in Central Europe

The discovery of previously unknown chocolate flint outcrops in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland (only the second known area after that in the Holy Cross Mountains) has undermined our seemingly solid knowledge of the prehistoric economy, which is based on the distribution pattern of this important raw...

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Published inAntiquity Vol. 95; no. 383
Main Authors Sudoł-Procyk, Magdalena, Brandl, Michael, Krajcarz, Maciej T., Malak, Magdalena, Skrzatek, Mateusz, Stefański, Damian, Trela-Kieferling, Elżbieta, Werra, Dagmara H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Cambridge University Press 01.10.2021
Subjects
Archaeology
Chocolate
Geology
Historic buildings & sites
Interdisciplinary aspects
Interdisciplinary research
Lithic
Mining
Mountains
Prehistoric economies
Prehistoric era
Poland
Austria
Slovakia
Central Europe
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Summary:The discovery of previously unknown chocolate flint outcrops in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland (only the second known area after that in the Holy Cross Mountains) has undermined our seemingly solid knowledge of the prehistoric economy, which is based on the distribution pattern of this important raw material. The authors present new interdisciplinary research focused on the prehistoric mining of chocolate flint in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, the distribution of chocolate flint artefacts within the Upland and beyond, and methods to distinguish this material from the Holy Cross Mountains chocolate flint.
ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.15184/aqy.2021.48