Identifying and classifying vein quartz artefacts: An experiment conducted at the World Archaeological Congress, 2008

Archaeometry

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1280-1296

  Driscoll, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Classification; Experimental archaeology; Lithics; Vein quartz

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LITHIC FRAGMENT; QUARTZ VEIN;

COUNTY DUBLIN; IRELAND; LEINSTER;

EID: 80855132871     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2011.00600.x     Document Type: Article

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