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Jandrain-Jandrenouille

Material name: flint
Synonyms: N/A
Material (geologic): Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) flint
Detail of flake from Jandrain-Jandrenouille
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001

Locality: Jandrain-Jandrenouille, Brabant Province, Belgium
Synonyms: Jandrain-Jandrenouille, "Les Quatre Ruelles"; mining site B 12, according to the catalogue of the museum in Bochum, 3rd edition (Weisgerber et al. (eds.) 1999).
Geographical co-ordinates: UTM:
639300 East
5617200 North
(Zone 31)
(Mapdatum: European 1950)

Although one of our older samples, thanks to a detailed topografic map with an UTM-grid (Topografic map 1: 50 000, sheet 40 Wavre of the Belgian National Geografic Institute) and some detailed sketches of the mining-site, the location is exact within 50-100 meters.

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Additional information: View over the sampling area towards the West
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 1999
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For a full-blown picture of this sample, click here (67 KBytes). Flake of typical flint from Jandrain-Jandrenouille
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001 		Flake of slightly banded material
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001 		For a full-blown version of this picture, click here (60 KBytes).
For a full-blown picture of this sample, click here (94 KBytes). Flake of "inferior" flint used for axes
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001 		Piece of glassy, two-toned flint with typical cortex
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001 		For a full-blown version of this picture, click here (83 KBytes).
Archaeological description: N/A
 
Last modified on:
February 15, 2001		 Contents primarily by:
Rengert Elburg		 Comments to: