Flint mining is the process of extractingflint 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
shaft
Shaft may refer to:
Rotating machine elements
* Shaft (mechanical engineering), a rotating machine element used to transmit power
* Line shaft, a power transmission system
* Drive shaft, a shaft for transferring torque
* Axle, a shaft around whi ...
s 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).
Nazlet Khater
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Excavations at the Nazlet Khater 2 site ( ...
(Upper Egypt)
*France
** located between
Caen
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** Le Grand-Pressigny
*Germany
**Lengfeld (near Bad Abbach).
** near
Abensberg
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Aachen
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Bottmersdorf
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** Osterberg
**On Rügen island there are the exposed flint fields between Mukran and Prora
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Schernfeld
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Blackpatch
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It is the site of a Neolithic flint mine, and Bronze Age barrows. The site is a scheduled monument.
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Suffolk
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Church Hill, West Sussex
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Harrow Hill, West Sussex
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Szentgál
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*Netherlands
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*Pakistan
**Flint quarries in Rohri Hills and Ongar (
Sindh
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province)
*Poland
** Krzemionki
**Wierzbica "Zele"
**Skałecznica Duża
**Korycizna
**Sąspów
**Krunio
**Borownia
**Bębło
**Rybniki
*Romania
**Outside the village of Miorcani, there is a modern flint mine
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Pleigne
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History
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The above-mentioned flint mining sites and others are mentioned in the following texts:
*Allard, Bostyn, Giligny, Lech (Editors) 2006
*Aubry & Mangado 2006
*Hunt Ortiz 1996
*Matías Rodríguez, R. 2005
*Weisgerber & Slotta 1999
See also
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