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Material name: Flint from the Coizard area
Synonyms: N/A
Material (geologic): Upper Cretaceous flint

Typical material from Joches
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002

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General characteristics

 
 

Geographical setting: N/A
Material and colour: N/A
Other information: N/A
Knapping notes: N/A
Archaeological description: N/A


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Joches
Locality: Joches, département Marne, Champagne-Ardenne region, France
Synonyms: FlintSource sample 284.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 48° 50' 40" N
Long. 003° 50' 57" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: Precision
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: View of menhir near sampling location
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: N/A
  Typical slightly mottled flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Flake of typical slightly mottled flint
size: 43 mm
Large flake with cortex
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Large flake with typical very hard cortex
length: 76 mm
Sample description: N/A


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Coizard
Locality: Coizard, département Marne, Champagne-Ardenne region, France
Synonyms: FlintSource sample 285.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 48° 50' 04" N
Long. 003° 52' 20" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: Precision
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: View across fields near Coizard
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: N/A
  Flake of typical flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Flake of typical flint.
Note extremely deep patination
size:
Heavily patinated flake
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Heavily patinated prehistoric (?) flake
size:
  Translucent flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Very fine and translucent material
size:
Heavily patinated flake
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Piece of light-coloured, denser flint
size:
Sample description: N/A


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Vert-la-Gravelle
Locality: Vert-la-Gravelle, département Marne, Champagne-Ardenne region, France
Synonyms: FlintSource sample 286.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 48° 50' 12" N
Long. 003° 53' 48" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: Precision
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: XL heap of dumped flint
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: N/A
  Homogenous gray flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Split nodule of homogenous gray flint
size: 61 mm
Nodule with cortex
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Cortical view of same nodule
size: 61 mm
  Flake of brown flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Flake of transparent brown flint
length: 65 mm
Flake of clouded flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Flake of clouded flint
size: 49 mm
Sample description: Most material very similar to flint from Joches, therefore not depicted here. Only other varieties.

 

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