Exploring the Chaîne Opératoires in Irish Quartz Lithic Traditions: Current Research
This article explores the use of quartz as a raw material in the early prehistoric period in Ireland. Archaeologists have invariably ignored quartz as a raw material because of its perceived difficulty in analysis. The basis of the research is the development, through experimental knapping, of an an...
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| description | This article explores the use of quartz as a raw material in the early prehistoric period in Ireland. Archaeologists have invariably ignored quartz as a raw material because of its perceived difficulty in analysis. The basis of the research is the development, through experimental knapping, of an analytical framework for quartz working in Ireland and testing this framework by a detailed analysis of Later Mesolithic quartz assemblages. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e40101db1a044ddfb14b6a533454b1ff2024-03-03T04:41:01ZengUniversity of YorkInternet Archaeology1363-53872009-09-012610.11141/ia.26.12 Exploring the Chaîne Opératoires in Irish Quartz Lithic Traditions: Current ResearchKillian Driscoll0University College DublinThis article explores the use of quartz as a raw material in the early prehistoric period in Ireland. Archaeologists have invariably ignored quartz as a raw material because of its perceived difficulty in analysis. The basis of the research is the development, through experimental knapping, of an analytical framework for quartz working in Ireland and testing this framework by a detailed analysis of Later Mesolithic quartz assemblages.http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue26/driscollb_index.htmlarchaeology◦Quartzlithic technologysocialityexperimental archaeologyIrelandBelderrigThornhill |
| spellingShingle | Killian Driscoll Exploring the Chaîne Opératoires in Irish Quartz Lithic Traditions: Current Research Internet Archaeology archaeology ◦Quartz lithic technology sociality experimental archaeology Ireland Belderrig Thornhill |
| title | Exploring the Chaîne Opératoires in Irish Quartz Lithic Traditions: Current Research |
| title_full | Exploring the Chaîne Opératoires in Irish Quartz Lithic Traditions: Current Research |
| title_fullStr | Exploring the Chaîne Opératoires in Irish Quartz Lithic Traditions: Current Research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the Chaîne Opératoires in Irish Quartz Lithic Traditions: Current Research |
| title_short | Exploring the Chaîne Opératoires in Irish Quartz Lithic Traditions: Current Research |
| title_sort | exploring the chaine operatoires in irish quartz lithic traditions current research |
| topic | archaeology ◦Quartz lithic technology sociality experimental archaeology Ireland Belderrig Thornhill |
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