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Material name: Campanian Serbonnes-flint
Synonyms: N/A
Material (geologic): Upper Cretaceous (Lower Campanian) flint

Detail of Campanian flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003

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General characteristics

(In part adapted from Krier 1996 and de Labriffe & Sidéra 1995a
 

Geographical setting: N/A
Material and colour: Quarry with banked limestone/chalk with flint
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Other information: N/A
Knapping notes: Fresh flint nodule
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Archaeological description: N/A


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Le Revers de Brossard
Locality: Serbonnes, Le Revers de Brossard, Yonne, France
Synonyms: Mining site F 52 according to the catalogue of the museum in Bochum, 3rd edition (Weisgerber et al. (eds.) 1999). FlintSource sample 262.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 48° 20' 04" N
Long. 003° 12' 44" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: Precision
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: View across "La Brosse" towards "Bois du Fay"
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: N/A
  Typical grey flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Flake of typical grey flint
size: 38 mm
Patchy flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Same material with some lighter patches
size: 43 mm
  Brownish material
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Slightly more brownish variety
size: 43 mm
Typical nodule
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Nodule with typical thin cortex
size: 65 mm
Sample description: N/A


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Les L'huots
Locality: Serbonnes, Les L'huots, Yonne, France
Synonyms: FlintSource sample 261.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 48° 19' 49" N
Long. 003° 12' 21" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: The coordinates given above were taken in the southernmost (rubbish dump) quarry, around the spot were Paul is packing his things in the picture below. The other quarry, featuring in the picture in the general section above, lies approx. 200 metres to the North at 48° 19' 55" N/ 003° 12' 21" E. Both locations were taken with our hand held GPS unit and are precise enough to lead you to eiter of the quarries.
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: Not the most pleasant sampling site we visited
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: Bank of Campanian flint
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
  Split nodule
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Fragment of a typical grey nodule
length: 93 mm
Brown flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Flake of slightly brownish flint
size: 57 mm
Sample description: N/A

 

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