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Etableau
(Grand Pressigny region)

Material name: Grand Pressigny flint
Synonyms: silex pressignien
Material (geologic): Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) flint

Detail of Grand-Pressigny flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002

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General characteristics

(In part adapted from Alcaydé 1990 and Mallet 1980
 

Geographical setting: N/A
Material and colour: Nice block of Pressigny flint
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Other information: N/A
Knapping notes: N/A
Archaeological description: N/A


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La Duranderie
Locality: La Duranderie, Etableau, Touraine, Indre-et-Loire, France.
Synonyms: La Duranderie is one of several sources in the Grand-Pressigny area, mining site F12 according to the catalogue of the museum in Bochum, 3rd edition (Weisgerber et al. (eds.) 1999). FlintSource sample 268.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 46° 54' 26" N
Long. 000° 49' 25" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: Precision
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: View on La Duranderie
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: Happy sourcerer on extra large heap of flint
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
  Flake of silex Pressignien
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Flake of typical "silex pressignien" with thin, weathered cortex
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Dense banded flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Piece of dense, strong coloured flint with banding under the cortex
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Sample description: N/A
  Flake of coarser Pressigny-silex
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Flake of darker, coarse Pressigny-silex
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Fine translucent flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Fine, translucent flint with chalky patch and very thin cortex
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  spotted flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Typical Grand-Pressigny-type flint, but with pronounced spots
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La Muanne
Locality: Confluence of La Muanne with Claise, Etableau, Touraine, Indre-et-Loire, France.
Synonyms: FlinSource sample 269.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 46° 54' 13" N
Long. 000° 49' 39" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: Precision
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: Chalky exposure near La Muanne
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: N/A
  Translucent strongly coloured flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Very transparent and atypically coloured flint
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crystalline material
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Coarser and quite crystalline material
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  Presigny flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Flake of typical material with macro-fossil
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Burnt flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Flake flint cracked and discoloured by fire
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Sample description: N/A

 

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