Mineral Chemical Provenance of Neolithic Pitchstone Artefacts from Ballygalley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 219-236

  Preston, Jeremy ^a   Meighan, Ian ^b   Simpson, Derek ^b   Hole, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LEWISIAN; MINERAL; NEOLITHIC; OUTCROP; PYROXENE;

ANTRIM; ANTRIM AND NEWTOWNABBEY; ARRAN; NORTH AYRSHIRE; NORTHERN IRELAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0346110873     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.10011     Document Type: Article

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