Preliminary results of the recent excavation of a radiolarite mine area and its surroundings in Sedmerovec
Ivan Cheben1, Michal Cheben2, Adrian Nemergut3
1 Institute of Archaeology Slovak Academy of Sciences, Akademicka 2, 949 21 Nitra, Slovak Republic, Email: ivan.cheben@savba.sk
2 Institute of Archaeology Slovak Academy of Sciences, Akademicka 2, 949 21 Nitra, Slovak Republic, Email: nraumche@savba.sk
3 Institute of Archaeology Slovak Academy of Sciences, Akademicka 2, 949 21 Nitra, Slovak Republic, Email: adrian.nemergut@savba.sk
Cite as Cheben, I., Cheben, M. & Nemergut, A. (2017). Preliminary results of the recent excavation of a radiolarite mine area and its surroundings in Sedmerovec. Litikum – Journal of the Lithic Research Roundtable, 5, pp. 7–14. https://doi.org/10.23898/litikuma0020
Abstract. The article deals with the archaeological investigation of Sedmerovec-Ka.nak and Sedmerovec-Podjamie sites from 2016. In Sedmerovec-Ka.nak mine area, archaeological investigations were carried out in the western half of the pit. Unfortunately, no archaeological material was found. During the surface survey and archaeological excavation in Sedmerovec-Podjamie site, a rich collection of a lithic industry was obtained. Important are rhomboids most probably from the late Mesolithic. A portion of the artifacts belongs to the Neolithic and Eneolithic.
Keywords: Slovakia, White Carpathians, sources of radiolarites, mining areas, lithic industry, late Mesolithic, Neolithic, Eneolithic
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