Between History and Archaeology : papers in honour of Jacek Lech

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The interest in striped flint from the Vistula River basin in prehistoric times is associated with articles published by Georg Wilke and Gustaf Kossinna. The works of these German prehistorians turned the attention of Stefan Krukowski to this raw material. In July 1922, Jan Samsonowicz, a geologist from Warsaw, discovered a Neolithic flint mine in the village of Krzemionki, at the time in Opatów district (central Poland). The first excavations of the mine were carried out by Józef Żurowski in 1925. In 1928 the State Archaeological Museum in Warsaw (PMA) was formed, the main archaeological institution in Poland. On the part of the Museum, its curator S. Krukowski took on the job of creating the Krzemionki reserve. He was supported by Roman Jakimowicz, the director of PMA. In the spring of 1928 Krukowski began excavations of the Neolithic mine shafts in Krzemionki. The first period of excavations was summed up in his work: Krzemionki Opatowskie (Krukowski 1939). The book played an important role in the development of the archaeology of prehistoric flint mining in Poland

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