Sourcing Prehistoric Materials
New Perspectives
Will be published approx. on 31. December 2025
Book
Hardback
376 pages
978-1-80583-096-2 (ISBN)
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Archaeopress
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
156 figures (colour throughout)
Dimensions
Height: 290 mm
Width: 205 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-80583-096-2 (9781805830962)
DOI
10.32028/9781805830962
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Content
PART 1: INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: Moving Stones and Metals - Andy M. Jones, Tom Cadbury, David Dawson, Henrietta Quinnell and Anna Tyacke
Chapter 2: Joan Taylor PhD (Cantab) FSA, 1940-2019: A Life in Science-Based Archaeology - David Dawson
PART 2: STONE
Chapter 3: Neolithic Axe-Heads of Jadeitite and Other Alpine Rock Types in Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man: the Impact of Projet Jade on Our Understanding of These 'Green Treasures from the Magic Mountains' - Alison Sheridan, Pierre Petrequin, Michel Errera, Yvan Pailler and Ros O Maolduin
Chapter 4: Ignite My Pyre: Strike-a-lights in the Neolithic mortuary context - Jake T. Rowland
Chapter 5: Through the Grain; Working Through the Problem of Provenancing British Flint and Other Siliceous Rocks - Jon Baczkowski
Chapter 6: Neolithic Ground Axe-Heads in the English Midlands: Origins and Distribution - David Field and Mik Markham
Chapter 7: A Rare Amorican Fusiliforme Neolithic Axe-Head from Docking, Norfolk - Simon Timberlake, Norman Moles, Mick Boyle and Pete Lyons
Chapter 8: The Rydon Lane Tree Throw and Flint Axe-heads in Devon - Henrietta Quinnell
PART 3: METAL
Chapter 9: The Early Bronze Age in the South West Peninsula: Local Identities and Long Distance Contacts - Andy M. Jones and Chris Carey
Chapter 10: The Role of Neolithic Stone Quarrying in the Development of Bronze Age Copper Mining at Great Orme Mine, North Wales, Uk - Emma C. Wager
Chapter 11: Reflections on the Great Orme Copper Mine and the Bronze Age Copper and Tin Trade - R. Alan Williams
Chapter 12: The Banc Tynddol Gold Disc: Its Discovery, Some Thoughts on Manufacture, and Its Links with Beaker-early Bronze Age Mining and Prospection for Metal Ores in Central Wales - Simon Timberlakeii
PART 4: TOWARDS A STONE AXE-HEAD CATALOGUE OF BRITAIN
Chapter 13: Group II and IIa Ortho-Amphibolite (Porthminster) - Mik Markham
Chapter 14: Group III and IIIa Ortho-Amphibolite (Perranuthnoe) - Mik Markham
Chapter 15. Group IV Metaperidotite (Balstone Down) and Group Iva Metaperidotite (Polyphant Intrusion) - Mik Markham
Chapter 16: Group XVI Amphibolite (Camborne) - Mik Markham
Chapter 17: Group XVII Hornblende Schist (Terras Mill) - Mik Markham
Stone Axe Catalogue Bibliography
Appendix 1: Stone Axe Catalogue Bibliography
Appendix 2: Stone Axe-Head Catalogue Distribution Maps
Chapter 1: Moving Stones and Metals - Andy M. Jones, Tom Cadbury, David Dawson, Henrietta Quinnell and Anna Tyacke
Chapter 2: Joan Taylor PhD (Cantab) FSA, 1940-2019: A Life in Science-Based Archaeology - David Dawson
PART 2: STONE
Chapter 3: Neolithic Axe-Heads of Jadeitite and Other Alpine Rock Types in Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man: the Impact of Projet Jade on Our Understanding of These 'Green Treasures from the Magic Mountains' - Alison Sheridan, Pierre Petrequin, Michel Errera, Yvan Pailler and Ros O Maolduin
Chapter 4: Ignite My Pyre: Strike-a-lights in the Neolithic mortuary context - Jake T. Rowland
Chapter 5: Through the Grain; Working Through the Problem of Provenancing British Flint and Other Siliceous Rocks - Jon Baczkowski
Chapter 6: Neolithic Ground Axe-Heads in the English Midlands: Origins and Distribution - David Field and Mik Markham
Chapter 7: A Rare Amorican Fusiliforme Neolithic Axe-Head from Docking, Norfolk - Simon Timberlake, Norman Moles, Mick Boyle and Pete Lyons
Chapter 8: The Rydon Lane Tree Throw and Flint Axe-heads in Devon - Henrietta Quinnell
PART 3: METAL
Chapter 9: The Early Bronze Age in the South West Peninsula: Local Identities and Long Distance Contacts - Andy M. Jones and Chris Carey
Chapter 10: The Role of Neolithic Stone Quarrying in the Development of Bronze Age Copper Mining at Great Orme Mine, North Wales, Uk - Emma C. Wager
Chapter 11: Reflections on the Great Orme Copper Mine and the Bronze Age Copper and Tin Trade - R. Alan Williams
Chapter 12: The Banc Tynddol Gold Disc: Its Discovery, Some Thoughts on Manufacture, and Its Links with Beaker-early Bronze Age Mining and Prospection for Metal Ores in Central Wales - Simon Timberlakeii
PART 4: TOWARDS A STONE AXE-HEAD CATALOGUE OF BRITAIN
Chapter 13: Group II and IIa Ortho-Amphibolite (Porthminster) - Mik Markham
Chapter 14: Group III and IIIa Ortho-Amphibolite (Perranuthnoe) - Mik Markham
Chapter 15. Group IV Metaperidotite (Balstone Down) and Group Iva Metaperidotite (Polyphant Intrusion) - Mik Markham
Chapter 16: Group XVI Amphibolite (Camborne) - Mik Markham
Chapter 17: Group XVII Hornblende Schist (Terras Mill) - Mik Markham
Stone Axe Catalogue Bibliography
Appendix 1: Stone Axe Catalogue Bibliography
Appendix 2: Stone Axe-Head Catalogue Distribution Maps