Parker Pearson et al. 2022: extraction techniques at the bluestone quarries (JASR 46)

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Stone wedges from the Preseli megalith quarries, with geochemical confirmation that they are foreign to the rock they were driven into.

References

• Parker Pearson, M., Bevins, R.E., Pearce, N.J.G., Ixer, R.A., Pollard, J., Richards, C., Welham, K. 2022. Reconstructing extraction techniques at Stonehenge's bluestone megalith quarries in the Preseli hills of west Wales. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 46: 103697. DOI
• Daw, T. 2022-11. sarsen.org blog post "reconstructing extraction techniques at". link (open access)
• Daw, T. 2023-06. sarsen.org blog post "preseli stone wedges". link (open access)

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