SESSION 6 - Chracterising lithic sources
Cherty rocks from the territory of Serbia as potential raw material for knapped stone artefacts.

In this ongoing study we present the basic geochemical characterization (obtained by LA-ICP-MS) of the material known as chert in the Serbian geological literature. The analyses include 11 samples of cherts from different localities and with variable ages and lithologies. Moreover, attention was given to collecting material that is petrographically similar to those found in the known archaeological collections. Two samples were taken from the Jurassic diabase-chert formation in southwestern Serbia, five samples originate from Upper Jurassic-Cretaceous limestones of eastern Serbia, two samples are from Cretaceous limestones of western Serbia, one sample was found as a cherty block within the Jurassic ophiolitic melange in central Serbia and one sample originates from the Miocene.