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Linking derived debitage to the Stonehenge Altar Stone using portable X-ray fluorescence analysis

Linking derived debitage to the Stonehenge Altar Stone using portable X-ray fluorescence analysis

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_slubar_slu_se_116810

Linking derived debitage to the Stonehenge Altar Stone using portable X-ray fluorescence analysis

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Full title

Linking derived debitage to the Stonehenge Altar Stone using portable X-ray fluorescence analysis

Publisher

London: Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Mineralogical Society of the UK and Ireland

Journal title

Mineralogical magazine, 2022-08, Vol.86 (4), p.688-700

Language

English

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Publication information

Publisher

London: Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Mineralogical Society of the UK and Ireland

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Scope and Contents

Contents

The Altar Stone at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, UK, is enigmatic in that it differs markedly from the other bluestones. It is a gray-green, micaceous sandstone and has been considered to be derived from the Old Red Sandstone sequences of South Wales. Previous studies, however, have been based on presumed derived fragments (debitage) that have been iden...

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Full title

Linking derived debitage to the Stonehenge Altar Stone using portable X-ray fluorescence analysis

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Primary Identifiers

Record Identifier

TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_slubar_slu_se_116810

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_slubar_slu_se_116810

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ISSN

0026-461X

E-ISSN

1471-8022

DOI

10.1180/mgm.2022.22

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