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Archaeometrical results related to Neolithic amphibolite stone implements from Northeast Hungary

2020; Elsevier BV; Volume: 32; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102437

2352-4103

Erika Kereskényi, György Szakmány, Béla Fehér, Ildikó Harsányi, Veronika Szilágyi, Zsolt Kasztovszky, Tivadar M. Tóth,

Mineralogy and Gemology Studies

28 amphibolite Neolithic polished stone implements deriving from different archaeological localities and cultures in Northeast Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) were archaeometrically analysed by mainly non-destructive methods (MS, EDS/SEM, PGAA). Bulk chemistry of the samples showing subalkali characteristics. The amphibolite polished stone tools were divided into two groups based on their mineral components and metamorphic evolution. A single Ca-amphibole approach was used to calculate peak P-T conditions to determine a thermobarometric model for the amphibolite implements. Data of the studied samples were compared to those of the nearest amphibolite outcrops in Gemericum, Veporicum, Tatricum and Zemplinikum (Slovakia). The Variscan P-T loop covered the thermobarometric data of the analysed stone implements and the amphibolite outcrops. The source areas are assumed to be these fields and/or the crossing riverbeds flowing through them to Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, the archaeological collecting territory of the amphibolite stone axes.