Mining and geological knowledge during the Neolithic: a geological study on the variscite mines at Gavà, Catalonia

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摘要 TheGavdNeolithicMiningComplex(GNMC)nearBarcelonawasactiveduringtheNeolithicage,sinceca.6000BPuntilabout700yearsafter.Theseminesshowuptofivedifferentundergroundmininglevels,developedasgalleriesandchambers,communicatedthroughpits,drawingacomplexnetworkwithatotalknownlengthofover1000m.ThesearesomeoftheoldestundergroundminesinEuropebut,contrarytotherestofthemineworkingsknownofthesameepoch,thisistheonlyminingcomplexreportedtodatewhoseaimwasnotminingforconventionalsubstancesfortheepochsuchaschert,ochreorcopper.ThemainaimoftheGNMCwasvariscite,agreenphosphatemineralsimilartoturquoisethatcanbeeasilycutandpolishedtomakeornamentssuchasnecklacesorbracelets.Thispaperisfocusedmainlyonthegeologicalmappingandexaminationinsurfaceandundergroundexposuresofthedifferentphosphatemineralizationtypes(strataboundandveins)andotherrelevantgeologicalfeaturessuchasdiscordances,thrusts,faults,andfolds.
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出处 《地质幕:英文版》 2003年4期
出版日期 2003年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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