STUDY ON BOULDERS OF MEGALITH 3 AT THE WIETRZYCHOWICE SITE (CENTRAL POLAND) Cover Image

STUDY ON BOULDERS OF MEGALITH 3 AT THE WIETRZYCHOWICE SITE (CENTRAL POLAND)
STUDY ON BOULDERS OF MEGALITH 3 AT THE WIETRZYCHOWICE SITE (CENTRAL POLAND)

Author(s): Maciej Pawlikowski, Maciej Jaranowski, Piotr Papiernik
Subject(s): Archaeology, Physical Geopgraphy, Applied Geography
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: Kuyavia; Wietrzychowice; mineralogical and petrographic research; long barrows;

Summary/Abstract: Boulders from Wietrzychowice megaliths underwent geological, mineralogical and petrographic study. Pink and grey granitoids were more numerous than other types of erratic stones. Boulders used in building the stone walls of the mega-lith’s construction had been processed by means of “flaking” technique, rock-cutting technology, mixed “flaking” and rock-cutting technologies, and by drilling. Initial research has revealed the presence of Cretaceous and Jurassic flint stones in glaciofluvial gravel in the vicinity of the site. They underwent preliminary technological, mineralogical and geochemical analysis. The research was conducted by means of modern mineralogical methods, including polarised and scanning micros-copy and atomic absorption spectroscopy.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 110
  • Page Range: 137-147
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English
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