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Jadeite and eclogite: Peculiar raw materials of Neolithic stone implements in Slovakia and their possible sources
Author(s) -
Spišiak Ján,
Hovorka Dušan
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
geoarchaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1520-6548
pISSN - 0883-6353
DOI - 10.1002/gea.20045
Subject(s) - petrography , eclogite , geology , raw material , geochemistry , microprobe , slovak , archaeology , mining engineering , mineralogy , geography , paleontology , tectonics , chemistry , czech , linguistics , philosophy , organic chemistry , subduction
In this paper, we describe Neolithic/Aeneolithic implements made from high‐pressure metabasites: jadeites and eclogites. As such rocks are unknown in the Western Carpathians mountain system, we presume distant source areas for the described raw material types. We present the morphology, cultural association, and the results of petrographic research (microprobe analyses of rock‐forming minerals) on implements made from these raw materials found at two sites in the Slovak Republic. We propose that the raw materials of these implements crop out hundreds of kilometers from the sites on which they were discovered. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.