Journal
ARCHAEOMETRY
Volume 51, Issue -, Pages 175-196Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00403.x
Keywords
IBERIA; NEOLITHIC; PETROLOGY; MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION; CASA MONTERO; FLINT MINE; SILICEOUS RAW MATERIALS
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- Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia [CGL 2005-05953-CO2-01, HUM2005-05732-C02-01, HUM2005-05732-C02-02]
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Casa Montero is a mining complex located outside Madrid (Spain), dated from the Early Neolithic (c. 5400-5000 cal bc). An area of some 4 ha has been investigated and some 4000 shafts recorded, of which 324 have been excavated. The characterization of its raw flint materials and the establishment of its diagnostic features are indispensable in the reconstruction of the distribution of the mine's products beyond the immediate site. This work reports the geological study of the mine's Miocene flint layers and their petrological characterization. Archaeological samples from the mine's shafts were classified according to macroscopic features and petrological characteristics.
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