# Bevins 2020: Constraining the provenance of the Stonehenge 'Altar Stone': Evidence from automated mineralogy and U–Pb zircon age dating

> Richard E. Bevins, Duncan Pirrie, Rob A. Ixer et al., 2020. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cited for the start of the Altar Stone re-sourcing.

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# Constraining the provenance of the Stonehenge 'Altar Stone': Evidence from automated mineralogy and U–Pb zircon age dating

Richard E. Bevins, Duncan Pirrie, Rob A. Ixer et al., 2020. _Journal of Archaeological Science_.

First mineralogical and zircon work on Altar Stone fragments, showing it did not come from the Welsh sandstones long assumed.

**Stonehenge** Articledoi: **[10.1016/j.jas.2020.105188](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105188)** Checked against the original0

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Bevins, R. E., Pirrie, D., Ixer, R. A., O'Brien, H., Parker Pearson, M., Power, M. R., & Shail, R. K. (2020). Constraining the provenance of the Stonehenge 'Altar Stone': Evidence from automated mineralogy and U–Pb zircon age dating. Journal of Archaeological Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105188
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