Flint mining is the process of extracting flint from underground. Flint mines can be as simple as a pit on the surface or an area of quarrying, or it may refer to a series of shafts and tunnels used to extract flint.
Flint has been mined since the Palaeolithic, but was most common during the Neolithic. Flint was especially valued in prehistory for its use in weaponry. Although flint is not as valuable a resource in modern times, a few flint mines remain in operation even today (for example at Miorcani).[1]
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Flintmining is the process of extracting flint from underground. Flint mines can be as simple as a pit on the surface or an area of quarrying, or it...
made of another material). This process is referred to as knapping. Flintmining is attested since the Paleolithic, but became more common since the Neolithic...
of Mons. The site is dotted with millions of scraps of worked flint and numerous mining pits, that Neolithic settlers have gradually turned into vertical...
complexes of prehistoric flint mines in Europe together with Grime's Graves in England and Spiennes in Belgium. The flintmining in Krzemionki began about...
large scale flintmining in the Neolithic area. In 1804, Brandon was supplying over 400,000 flints a month to the British military. However flint knappers...
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Case, Arrows and Quiver". Brooklyn Museum. "Deer-antler pick, used in flintmining from Grimes Graves". Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved...
October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020. "Krzemionki Prehistoric Striped FlintMining Region". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on...
rods, and flint-spark-lighters) are commonly used as an emergency firelighting device in survival kits. The ferrocerium is referred to as a "flint" in this...
manufacturing and mining industries. Evidence of human activity in South Australia dates back as far as 20,000 years, with flintmining activity and rock...
still mining Guano, but the guano was of very poor quality and rarely actually sold. During the 1974 Line Islands expedition, it was reported that Flint Island...
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River for flint, vital to their existence. Demand for the high-quality, rainbow-hued flint is reflected in the distribution of Alibates flint through the...
as the Lynch Knife River Flint Quarry, and designated by the Smithsonian trinomial 32DU526, is a historic pre-Columbian flint quarry located near Dunn...
important mining industries in the UK during the Neolithic and is thought to have been used into the Bronze Age, and later the Iron Age though flintmining probably...
Silbury Hill, which building reached its peak at this time. Industrial flintmining begins, such as that at Cissbury and Grimes Graves, along with evidence...
from the prehistoric mining activity. All around these structures flint workshops were noticed, represented by scatters of flint flakes and blades among...
above Worthing was Britain's earliest and largest flint-mining area, with four of the UK's 14 known flint mines lying within 7 miles (11 km) of the centre...
environment was itself man-made, since the area had been denuded by flint-mining, the construction of rabbit warrens and other activities. Grime's Graves...
this prehistoric culture. He is also known for having discovered the flintmining settlement at the Piatra Tomii archaeological site. [1] Archived 2011-07-22...
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