SESSION 7 - Lithotheques - collections of comparative raw materials
Towards "Lithotheca III"

The comparative raw material collection of the Hungarian National Museum (‘Lithotheca’) is one of the oldest of its kind operating since 1986. The scope of interest was basically focussed on knappable lithic raw materials from the territory of the Carpathian Basin, possibly in use by the prehistoric population of present-day Hungary. As the years went by, however, we had to extend the scope, spatially and chronologically, as well as in respect of lithology. The team working on the HNM Lithotheca was facing more and more problems that could not be simply solved by investigating siliceous raw materials.