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Razor sharp
6000 years chert mining in Rein near Graz
18.05. - 31.10.2018
Duration
18.05. - 31.10.2018
Opening
17.05.2018, 7 pm
Location
Archaeology Museum, Schloss Eggenberg
Curators
Daniel Modl und Michael Brandl
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Exhibition
The exhibition presents the Neolithic-Age hornstone mine at Rein, the earliest mine in Styria, on the basis of archaeological and geoscientific research.
In cooperation with the Institute for Oriental and European Archaeology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Institute for Prehistory and Historical Archaeology at the University of Vienna.