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Villemaur-sur-Vanne
(Pays d'Othe)

Material name: Pays d'Othe flint
Synonyms: Silex du Pays d'Othe
Material (geologic): Upper Cretaceous (Coniacian) flint

Upper Cretaceous flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002

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General characteristics

(In part adapted from de Labriffe, Augereau & Sidéra 1995b and de Labriffe & Thébault 1995
 

Geographical setting: N/A
Material and colour: Freshly dug flint nodule
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Other information: N/A
Knapping notes: N/A
Archaeological description: N/A


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Les Orlets
Locality: Villemaur-sur-Vanne, "Les Orlets", Aube district, France
Synonyms: Mining site M5 in the Pays d'Othe according to de Labriffe & Thébault 1995. Mining site F 55 according to the catalogue of the museum in Bochum, 3rd edition (Weisgerber et al. (eds.) 1999). FlintSource sample 258.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 48° 16' 07" N
Long. 003° 43' 23" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: Precision
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: View towards La Croix Barbier with water tower
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: N/A
  Homogeneous grey flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Flake of homogeneous grey flint
size: 54 mm
Spotted flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Sample of the spotted variety
length: 50 mm
Sample description: N/A


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Villemaur-Nord
Locality: Villemaur-sur-Vanne, Aube district, France
Synonyms: FlintSource sample 257.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 48° 15' 20" N
Long. 003° 43' 11" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: Precision
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: Small limestone/chalk quarry at Villemaur-sur-Vanne
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: N/A
  Bluish flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Flake of slightly bluish flint
size: 66 mm
Grey flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2002
 
Opaque grey, slightly banded material
length: 70 mm
Sample description: N/A

 

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