prehistoric mining site
C18264
concept
A prehistoric mining site is an archaeological location where early human communities extracted raw materials such as stone, minerals, or metals using primitive tools and techniques before the advent of written records.
Observed surface forms (9)
- Neolithic flint mine ×1
- excavation site ×1
- prehistoric copper mine ×1
- prehistoric flint mine ×1
- prehistoric flint mining complex ×1
- prehistoric mining complex ×1
- prehistoric quarry site ×1
- salt mine archaeological site ×1
- turquoise-mining site ×1
Instances (11)
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes
- Old School Quarry via concept surface "excavation site"
- Cissbury Ring via concept surface "prehistoric flint mine"
- Great Orme Copper Mines via concept surface "prehistoric copper mine"
- Serabit el-Khadim via concept surface "turquoise-mining site"
- Krzemionki Prehistoric Striped Flint Mining Region
- Krzemionki prehistoric flint mines via concept surface "prehistoric mining complex"
- Krzemionki mining settlement remains via concept surface "prehistoric flint mining complex"
- Grimes Graves via concept surface "Neolithic flint mine"
- Saltmen of Zanjan archaeological site via concept surface "salt mine archaeological site"
- Craig Rhos-y-felin via concept surface "prehistoric quarry site"