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Cimo Maran

Material name: Lessini flint
Synonyms: Verona flint; Biancone flint
Material (geologic): Lower Cretaceous flint from the Biancone formation

Detail of Biancone-flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003

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General characteristics

(In part adapted from Binsteiner 1994
 

Geographical setting: N/A
Material and colour: flint in typical Biancone limestone
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Other information: N/A
Knapping notes: N/A
Archaeological description: N/A


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Cimo Maran
Locality: Cimo Maran, Monti Lessini, Verona, Veneto, Italy
Synonyms: Ronconi-Cimo; Provalo; FlintSource sample 338.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 45° 38' 39" N
Long. 010° 57' 53" E
Altitude approx. 1015 m asl.
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: Precision
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: Exposure between Provalo and Cimo
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: N/A
  Typical flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Flake of typical biancone-flint from the core of a nodule
size: 45 mm
Flake with cortex
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Flake of spotted flint with homogeneous core and cortex
size: 58 mm
  Thick cortex
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Small flake with thick, chalky cortex
size: 42 mm
Patinated flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Fragment of a slightly patinated nodule with weathered cortex
length: 83 mm
Sample description: N/A

 

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