Metabasite from the Jizera Mountains as important player during Early Neolithic in central Europe and beyond

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Trampota, František - Burgert, Pavel - Kachlík, V. - Šída, P. - Přichystal, A.
Metabasite from the Jizera Mountains as important player during Early Neolithic in central Europe and beyond.
29th EAA Annual Meeting (Belfast, Northern Ireland 2023). Abstract book. Belfast: European Association of Archaeologists, 2023 - (Karabáš, M.; Kleinová, K.). s. 862. ISBN 978-80-88441-05-2.
[Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists /29./. 30.08.2023-02.09.2023, Belfast]
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985912
Klíčová slova: Early Neolithic * metabasite * distribution * mining
Obor OECD: Archaeology
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Early Neolithic populations reached central Europe in the form of gradual migration from the Balkans and Anatolia. While some social and technological phenomena have a southeastern origin, others only develop in the context of the beginnings of the Neolithic in Central Europe. These are long wooden houses, and the building is connected with polished stone tools intended for processing wood. These were mostly made of metabasite originally from the Jizera Mountains. The source of metabasite, which was rarely used already in the Mesolithic, became a central territory of several hundred kilometers and its distribution reached most of the populated regions in Central Europe, which is an important factor for understanding the social structure of Early Neolithic populations. The paper focuses on the current state of knowledge about the distribution of Jizera Mountains-type metabasite, on three levels. The first areas are the mining areas themselves which are also related to the primary processing of semi-finished products. The second area is the wider region around the Jizera Mountains, in which there are hoards of ground tools or extremely large artefacts. The third level is the supra-regional distribution on a European scale.
Trvalý link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0346966