Thorpe et al. 1991: geological sources and transport of the bluestones (PPS 57)

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The Open University study of the Stonehenge bluestones: geochemistry of monolith and debitage samples, compared with eastern Preseli dolerites. The local scan has no text layer; it was OCR'd on 2026-10-19 into.

References

• Thorpe, R.S., Williams-Thorpe, O., Jenkins, D.G., Watson, J.S., Ixer, R.A., Thomas, R.G. 1991. The geological sources and transport of the bluestones of Stonehenge, Wiltshire, UK. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 57(2): 103–157. DOI
• Bevins, R.E., Ixer, R.A., Pearce, N.J.G. 2014. Carn Goedog is the likely major source of Stonehenge doleritic bluestones: evidence based on compatible element geochemistry and Principal Component Analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science 42: 179–193. DOI
• Ixer, R.A., Turner, P. 2006. A detailed re-examination of the petrography of the Altar Stone and other non-sarsen sandstones from Stonehenge as a guide to their provenance. Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine 99: 1–9.

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