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

Preferred term

flint  

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.

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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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