EEN MOGELIJKE PRIMAIRE VUURSTEENBEWERKINGSPLAATS UIT EMMEN (DR.)

Samenvatting

In this article a small concentration of flint arte­facts from Emmen (province of Drenthe) in the northern Netherlands is described. The site is small and the assemblage comprises no more than 193 artefacts, ofwhich more than 50 percent are smaller than 1.5 cm (chips). Only one infor­mal tool, a marginally retouched blade, was found. The presence of a few blades and blade fragments seems to indicate a Mesolithic age, al­though this cannot be substantiated. On the basis of its size, content and several other charac­teristics it is suggested that the assemblage repre­sents a location where flint nodules (of poor quality) were collected and tesled and where pri­mary flaking was carried out. The site is quite similar to another such location at Uffelte, also in the province of Drenthe, and is significantly dif­ferent from 'normal' sites.