RESULTS OF THE ARCHAEOMETRIC ANALYSES OF STONE IMPLEMENT PREFORMS FROM VESZPRÉM-KÁDÁRTA (W–HUNGARY)
RESULTS OF THE ARCHAEOMETRIC ANALYSES OF STONE IMPLEMENT PREFORMS FROM VESZPRÉM-KÁDÁRTA (W–HUNGARY)

Summary/Abstract: The authors carried out the archaeometric analyses of 9 basalt preforms found at the Kádárta site in Veszprém county. Most of the analyses used non-destructive methods (macroscopic petrography, PGAA, MS and electron-microprobe (EDXEPMA) method developed within the frames of these investigations) and the traditional destructive petrographic and mineral chemical analyses were carried out on a small flake. All the analyses demonstrated that the nine basalt artefacts were prepared from the same raw material. According to the material collected so far from the basalt volcanoes of the Pannonian Basin, this raw material came from the volcanic territory of the Little Hungarian Plain and the Balaton Highlands. Within these territories the most probable provenance of the raw material is the lava rocks in the region of Boncsos-tető, although Hegyestű, Somló and Haláp cannot definitely be excluded.

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