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... > area (en) > area type (en) > settlement (en) > building (en) > building technique (en) > building material (en) > stone (en) > chert (en) > flint (en)
finds (en) > finds material (en) > stone (en) > chert (en) > flint (en)
... > area (en) > area type (en) > quarry (en) > raw material (en) > stone (en) > chert (en) > flint (en)
... > finds (en) > finds type (en) > lithics (en) > lithic material (en) > stone (en) > chert (en) > flint (en)

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flint (en)  

Definition

  • Flint is a fine-grained quarz and a silica mineral included under the general term chert. In Neolithic it was used as material source for tools and weapons.

Broader concept

Source

  • Encyclopaedia Britannica - https://www.britannica.com/science/chert#ref272901

Editorial note

  • 6.2; 6.4

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https://vocabs.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/defcthesaurus/flint/4.11

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