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Origin of the Neolithic raw materials in Croatia

In the frame of the IGSP Project 442, recently started a petrographical analysis of the Neolithic raw materials from the sites Samatovci and Vindija (Croatia). The preliminary result show a mixture of used materials of local origin (probably pebbels found in the river valleys). To define their sources, the geographical and geological characteristics of the weider area were analysed showing two possibilities of provinence. Majority of the raw materials derives: 1. - from the high cristaline schists of the Pannonian megastructures, and 2. - from the volcanic metamorphic rocks of the Alps and Dinarides. On the other hand, the rare raw materials such as obsidian and jadeite were occasionally imported in limited quantities along the trading and/or migrating routes from Italy.

Neolithic; raw material; origin; Croatia

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