Bevins et al. 2020: constraining the Altar Stone's provenance (JAS 120)

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Automated SEM-EDS mineralogy and U–Pb zircon dating that exclude Mill Bay (Cosheston Subgroup) as the Altar Stone source.

References

• 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 120: 105188. DOI (open access)
• Clarke, A.J.I., Kirkland, C.L., Bevins, R.E., Pearce, N.J.G., Glorie, S., Ixer, R.A. 2024. A Scottish provenance for the Altar Stone of Stonehenge. Nature 632: 570–575. DOI (open access)
• Bevins, R.E., Pearce, N.J.G., Ixer, R.A., Pirrie, D., Andò, S., Hillier, S., Turner, P., Power, M. 2023. The Stonehenge Altar Stone was probably not sourced from the Old Red Sandstone of the Anglo-Welsh Basin: time to broaden our geographic and stratigraphic horizons? Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 51: 104215. DOI (open access)

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