Sourcing Prehistoric Materials

New Perspectives

edited by Andy M. Jones, Tom Cadbury, David Dawson, Henrietta Quinnell and Anna Tyacke

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Extent: 376 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: European Prehistory

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2025)

ISBN: 9781805830962

8.03 x 11.42 inches

Price: $105.00

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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

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  • Edited by Andy M Jones
  • Edited by Henrietta Quinnell
  • Edited by Anna Tyacke