Stone Tools of Shetland: Experimental Felsite Project

The Shetland Islands are the northernmost part of Britain, located northeast of the Orkney Islands and Scottish mainland. Similar to other locations in northwest Europe, during the Neolithic Period (4000-2500 cal BC) suitable lithic sources were exploited for use in the production of stone axes and...

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Autores principales: Brendan O’Neill, B. Gilhooly, G. Cooney
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:3a972af108d04fb095bf62a24a8ca6b72021-12-01T14:42:31ZStone Tools of Shetland: Experimental Felsite Project2212-8956https://doaj.org/article/3a972af108d04fb095bf62a24a8ca6b72014-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10163https://doaj.org/toc/2212-8956The Shetland Islands are the northernmost part of Britain, located northeast of the Orkney Islands and Scottish mainland. Similar to other locations in northwest Europe, during the Neolithic Period (4000-2500 cal BC) suitable lithic sources were exploited for use in the production of stone axes and other artefacts (Bergsvik 2006; Ballin 2009; Cooney 2005).Brendan O’NeillB. GilhoolyG. CooneyEXARCarticlestonetoolsknappingneolithicunited kingdomMuseums. Collectors and collectingAM1-501ArchaeologyCC1-960ENEXARC Journal, Iss 2014/3 (2014)
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topic stone
tools
knapping
neolithic
united kingdom
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Archaeology
CC1-960
spellingShingle stone
tools
knapping
neolithic
united kingdom
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Archaeology
CC1-960
Brendan O’Neill
B. Gilhooly
G. Cooney
Stone Tools of Shetland: Experimental Felsite Project
description The Shetland Islands are the northernmost part of Britain, located northeast of the Orkney Islands and Scottish mainland. Similar to other locations in northwest Europe, during the Neolithic Period (4000-2500 cal BC) suitable lithic sources were exploited for use in the production of stone axes and other artefacts (Bergsvik 2006; Ballin 2009; Cooney 2005).
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title Stone Tools of Shetland: Experimental Felsite Project
title_short Stone Tools of Shetland: Experimental Felsite Project
title_full Stone Tools of Shetland: Experimental Felsite Project
title_fullStr Stone Tools of Shetland: Experimental Felsite Project
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