"Mucientes Chert" in the Northern Iberian Plateau (Spain)

Journal of Lithic Studies

Ana Neira-Campos⁴  Esperanza Fernández-Martínez¹  M. Natividad Fuertes-Prieto⁴  Eduardo Alonso-Herrero²  Fernando Gómez-Fernández³ 

[1] Área de Paleontología, Universidad de León;Área de Edafología y Química del Suelo, Universidad de León;Área de Prospección e Investigación minera, Universidad de León;Área de Prehistoria, Universidad de León. Departamento de Historia, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Campus de Vegazana s/n, 24071 León

关键词: chert;    Iberian North Plateau;    Duero Basin;    raw materials;    lithic artefacts;    “Cuestas�? Unit;   

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学科分类：地球科学(综合)

来源: University of Edinburgh * School of History, Classics and Archaeology

【 摘 要 】

The so-called “Mucientes chert" is a variety that appears in the central area of the Iberian North Plateau, in theDueroBasin. It is widely known in the geological and archaeological literature and its use for knapping was especially important in Prehistory. From a macroscopic point of view it is a nodular chert, with white and very porous cortex, and brown to blackish or beige colour in the inner part.In this work we carried out a more accurate petrographic, mineralogical and chemical characterization of this lithology using SEM, XRD and XRF techniques in samples coming from “Las Canteras�? (Mucientes village), a chert outcrop of the “Cuestas�? Unit (Vallesian-Aragonian, Miocene Age). Also, we have made a review of its geological occurrence and archaeological distribution areas.  It is intended to sketch the delimitation of the geographical area of occurrence taking into account the geological and archaeological references. 

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