Using geochemistry to interpret porcellanite stone axe production in Ireland

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 757-763

  Mandal, S ^a   Cooney, G ^a   Meighan, I G ^b   Jamison, D D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brockley; Ireland; Neolithic; Porcellanite; Stone axes; Tievebulliagh; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; AXE PRODUCTION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HISTORICAL STUDY; IRISH STONE AXE PROJECT; METHODOLOGY; NEOLITHIC ARTEFACT; PORCELLANITE AXE; STONE AXE;

UK, NORTHERN IRELAND, COUNTY ANTRIM, BROCKLEY; UK, NORTHERN IRELAND, COUNTY ANTRIM, RATHLIN ISLAND; UK, NORTHERN IRELAND, COUNTY ANTRIM, TIEVEBULLIAGH;

EID: 0031456010     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1996.0157     Document Type: Article

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