Born mountain (Born; Enge), Olten, Solothurn, Switzerlandi
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Born mountain (Born; Enge) | Mountain |
Olten | District |
Solothurn | Canton |
Switzerland | Country |
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47° 19' 23'' North , 7° 52' 51'' East
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Born mountain (Born; Enge), Bezirk Olten, Kanton Solothurn, Schweiz
On the slopes of the mountain „Born“ silex was mined (or collected) in small, shallow open pits in prehistoric (neolithic) times, 5'000 B.C.
In 2007 and 2008 the location “Enge” with a neolothic mine (at N47.33467 E7.89235, elev. 516 m, Swiss 634293 242744) and a settlement were investigated by the Kantonsarchäologie Solothurn.
Info courtesy Pierre Harb and Christoph Lötscher, Kantonsarchäologie Solothurn.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ 'Silex' Reference: Reverdin, L. (1924): La station préhistorique du "Sälihöhle Oben" près d'Olten (Soleure, Suisse). In : Anzeiger für schweizerische Alterskunde (1924) Band 26. |
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List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
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References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Sulzberger, K.A. (1911): Neolithische Landansiedelungen. In: Jahresbericht der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte, Band 4, 1911, p. 68.
Reverdin, L. (1924): La station préhistorique du "Sälihöhle Oben" près d'Olten (Soleure, Suisse). In : Anzeiger für schweizerische Alterskunde (1924) Band 26.
Mühlberg, F. & Niggli, P. (1913): Geologische Karte des Gebietes Roggen - Born - Boowald, Spez. Karte 67. - 1: 25' 000. Schweiz. Geologische Kommission.
Schweizer, Th. (1937) : Urgeschichtliche Funde in Olten und Umgebung.
Lötscher, Ch. (2008): Siedlungen der Jungsteinzeit und der Bronzezeit am Born oberhalb der Enge in Olten. In: Heft 14, 2009, Kantonsarchäologie Solothurn.
External Links
http://www.so.ch/fileadmin/internet/sk/sksek/pdf/medienmitteilungen/2009/dezember/pmArchaeologieGheid.pdf (Kantonsarchäologie Solothurn, p. 2)
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