STONE AS A RESOURCE IN PREHISTORY AND ANTIQUITY
Katarina Šprem1, Robert Matijašić1, Rajna Šošić Klindžić2
1 Faculty of Humanities Juraj Dobrila University of Pula ([email protected]; [email protected])
2 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Zagreb ([email protected])
Istria is a geographically relativelyenclosed region with geological surfacedeposits that allow for different rawstone material exploitation. Dependingon the stone raw material, differentmacroscopic and microscopic analyseswill be used.
Fig. 1. A flake made of raw material collectedin Vižula near Medulin.
It can be argued that stone has beenone of the most important kinds of rawmaterial during most of humanexistence. Even though the informationabout provenance or source location ofraw stone material found onarchaeological sites can tell us a lotabout societies and economies of theperiod in question, this type of researchisn’t often in the focus of archaeology.
We propose to sample quarry sites,as well as other primary and secondarydeposits of different raw material in theNorthern Adriatic that may have beenused in prehistory and antiquity of Istriato obtain a relevant reference base forprovenance studies.
Fig. 2. An unused stone block in a quarry inKloštar, municipality of Vrsar.
Fig. 3. Chert layer seen in a profile. Vižula nearMedulin.
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