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6000 years chert mining in Rein near Graz
18.05.-31.10.2018
In cooperation with the Institute for Oriental and European Archaeology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Institute for Prehistory and Historical Archaeology at the University of Vienna.
About the exhibition
Silex, known popularly as ‘flint’ or ‘hornstone’, is among the oldest known raw materials of mankind. It was used for making tools, as well as for making fire.
The exhibition presents the Neolithic-Age hornstone mine at Rein, the earliest mine in Styria, on the basis of archaeological and geoscientific research undertaken jointly by the Universalmuseum Joanneum, the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Department of Oriental and European Archaeology) and the Institute for Prehistory and Historical Archaeology at the University of Vienna.
The exhibition shows how hornstone was mined more than 6,000 years ago in the Rein basin, and the role played by this new resource in the development of Stone Age cultural spaces and barter and trade systems in Styria and beyond.
Gallery
Archaeology Museum, Schloss Eggenberg
Eggenberger Allee 90
8020 Graz, Österreich
T +43-316/8017-9560
archaeologie@museum-joanneum.at
Opening Hours
April to October Tue-Sun, public holidays 10am-6pm
1 November to 17 December only with guided tour by prior appointment
Opening Hours Library
Tues-Fri 10am - 12pm and afternoons by appointment only
