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Non-destructive provenancing of bluestone axe-heads in Britain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2015

Olwen Williams-Thorpe ,
P.J. Potts  and
M.C. Jones
Olwen Williams-Thorpe
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK
P.J. Potts
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK
M.C. Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK
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Abstract

The authors present a new procedure for discovering where stone artefacts come from without having to cut a slice through them. The method is tested on axes of spotted dolerite bluestone from Preseli in Wales, source of monoliths at Stonehenge.

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stone axe-headsprovenancingmagnetic susceptibilityX-ray fluorescence

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Antiquity , Volume 78 , Issue 300 , June 2004 , pp. 359 - 379
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2004

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