The provenance of serpentinite tools in the Corded Ware culture of Moravia (Czech Republic)
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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.7306/gq.1437" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.7306/gq.1437</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.7306/gq.1437" target="_blank" >10.7306/gq.1437</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The provenance of serpentinite tools in the Corded Ware culture of Moravia (Czech Republic)
Original language description
This paper constrains the provenance of polished tools used in the Corded Ware culture (CWC) in Moravia. Based on optical microscopy, Přichystal and Šebela (1992) suggested the source for the CWC battle-axes would be the Gogołów-Jordanów Massif in Lower Silesia (Poland). The present study examines 14 serpentinite tools from archaeological sites of Central Moravia. We have located the origin of the tools’ raw material by applying detailed petrographic, geochemical and petrophysical methods, as well as comparisons with data from probable serpentinite sources. Possible sources are adjacent to the Sowie Góry Block (mainly the Gogołów-Jordanów Massif) and within other areas in Central Europe (Penninic Bernstein Window, Western Lugicum and the eastern part of the Moldanubicum). Its most probable source is the Gogołów-Jordanów Massif, which is a part of the Ślęża ophiolite. The tools resemble the raw material source in several ways: Firstly in magnetic susceptibility, with an average value of ~40 x 10–3 SI; secondly, in the light yellowish-green patched patinated surface and very strong serpentinisation with almost no primary mineral relics; and lastly, in the occurrence of pseudomorphs filled with opaque minerals, and also parts with magnesite aggregates, which are quite rare. The main common feature is the presence of large primary zoned spinels, with Cr- and Al-rich cores and Fe-rich rims. The conclusions are supported by the results of bulk-rock chemical analysis, both the raw material from Lower Silesia and the tools being Mg-rich. In addition, the shape of some Moravian battle-axes (from Prusinovice) corresponds to the Ślęża type that is believed to be characteristic of Lower Silesia. The estimated distance of transport from the source area in Gogołów-Jordanów Massif to the archaeological sites in Central Moravia is >260 km.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10505 - Geology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
GEOLOGICAL QUARTERLY
ISSN
1641-7291
e-ISSN
2082-5099
Volume of the periodical
2018
Issue of the periodical within the volume
62 (3)
Country of publishing house
PL - POLAND
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
563-578
UT code for WoS article
000451788200008
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85059064678