Obsidian treatment technology in the Lengyel culture : case study on the settlement of Kiarov-Veľké ortovisko site (South Slovakia)

Popovičová, Lucia (author), Beljak Pažinová, Noémi (author)

The article examines the treatment technology of the obsidian chipped stone industry, which, like the other findings, is mostly obtained from the major feature B15. The remains of an oven with a dome-shaped vault were also discovered inside it. Obsidian has an extremely high ratio among raw materials used in tool manufacturing at the monocultural site, accounting for 62% of the assemblage. All phases of its processing are present, allowing the reconstruction of technology. Obsidian is commonly used in the Lengyel culture sites in south and southwest Slovakia, but it is usually found in smaller quantities because it is a raw material obtained from a considerable distance. Until now, the more abundant assemblages have received insufficient evaluation in Slovakia. Kiarov is distinguished by the presence of miniature cores, which were utilized primarily to produce tiny bladelets, likely used as parts of more complex tools. In addition to obsidian, Tevel-type flint, limnosilicite, and silicite from the Kraków-Czêstochowa Jurassic were used in the manufacture of tools. These raw materials yielded larger blades. The Kiarov-Veľké ortovisko site demonstrates the different usage of several raw materials.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Slovakia, Kiarov Veľké ortovisko, Lengyel culture, chipped stone industry, obsidian, technology
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 148-163
• Numbering: Vol. 52
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-180572
• ISSN on article: 1854-2492
• DOI: 10.4312/dp.52.6

Copyright

Podatek o licenci CC BY-SA 4.0 je naveden na pristajalni strani članka (glej zgoraj izvorni URL). (Datum opombe: 11. 3. 2026)

• Publication date in RUL: 11.03.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Documenta Praehistorica
• Shortened title: Doc. Praehistor.
• Publisher: Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
• ISSN: 1854-2492
• COBISS.SI-ID: 220673792

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• License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Tehnologija obdelave obsidiana v Lengyelski kulturi : študijski primer na najdišču Kiarov-Veľké ortovisko (južna Slovaška)

Abstract

V članku preučujemo tehnologijo obdelave obsidiana, ki je bil tako kot večina ostalih najdb odkrit v strukturi B15. V njej so odkrili tudi ostanke peči s kupolastim obokom. Obsidian predstavlja kar 62% zbira. Vidne so vse faze njegove obdelave, zato je mogoče rekonstruirati tehnologijo izdelave orodij. Obsidian so na najdiščih Lengyelske kulture na južnem in jugozahodnem Slovaškem pogosto uporabljali, vendar ga običajno najdemo le v majhnih količinah, saj je kot surovina prihajal z oddaljenih območij. Večji zbiri obsidiana na Slovaškem do sedaj še niso bili zadovoljivo ovrednoteni. Za Kiarov so značilna miniaturna jedra, ki so jih uporabljali predvsem za izdelavo drobnih rezil, verjetno kot dele kompleksnih orodij. Pri njihovi izdelavi so poleg obsidiana uporabljali kremen tipa Tevel, limnosilicit in silicit z gorovja krakovsko-čenstohovske Jure. Iz teh surovin so izdelovali večja rezila. Najdišče Kiarov-Veľké ortovisko tako dokazuje različno uporabo več surovin hkrati.

• Keywords: Slovaška, Kiarov-Veľké ortovisko, Lengyelska kultura, odbitkovna kamnita industrija, obsidian, tehnologija