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Was the Stonehenge Altar Stone from Orkney? Investigating the mineralogy and geochemistry of Orcadian Old Red Sandstone
Richard E. Bevins, Nick J.G. Pearce, Stephen Hillier et al., 2024. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.
Rules out the Orkney sandstones, narrowing the Altar Stone's source to the mainland Orcadian Basin (Caithness, Moray Firth and around).
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Cited for the narrowed source area.
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Bevins, R. E., Pearce, N. J., Hillier, S., Pirrie, D., Ixer, R. A., Andò, S., Barbarano, M., Power, M., & Turner, P. (2024). Was the Stonehenge Altar Stone from Orkney? Investigating the mineralogy and geochemistry of Orcadian Old Red Sandstone. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104738
@article{bevins2024orkney,
author = {Bevins, Richard E. and Pearce, Nick J.G. and Hillier, Stephen and Pirrie, Duncan and Ixer, Rob A. and Andò, Sergio and Barbarano, Marta and Power, Matthew and Turner, Peter},
title = {Was the Stonehenge Altar Stone from Orkney? Investigating the mineralogy and geochemistry of Orcadian Old Red Sandstone},
journal = {Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports},
year = {2024},
doi = {10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104738},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104738}
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Bevins, Richard E. et al.. “Was the Stonehenge Altar Stone from Orkney? Investigating the mineralogy and geochemistry of Orcadian Old Red Sandstone.” Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104738.