Worldwide, vein quartz was used as a raw material for stone tools, and in many regions
quartz was the dominant raw material, if not the only raw material. While using quartz was …

The primary aims of this study were to determine how vein quartz behaves in an open wood
fire and to suggest how burnt quartz may reliably be distinguished from unburnt quartz …

Worldwide, vein quartz was a commonly used raw material for stone tools but this material
has proved difficult for archaeologists to analyse because many quartz assemblages appear …

Quartz is a common mineral found in archaeological lithic assemblages from sites around
the globe, however, little analysis and interpretation of these assemblages has been …

Abstract The project Quartz Technology in Scottish Prehistory was initiated in the year 2000,
and over the following five years a large number of quartz assemblages were examined …

Archaeologists have long grappled with identifying quartz artefacts in the archaeological
record. The particular fracture mechanics of quartz can complicate the distinction between …

The search for a reliable and non-invasive technique for the dating of rock art has produced
an array of different, localised, and limited techniques. This is one of them. Still in its …

Lithic residue analysis as a specialized field of research has gained increasing scholarly
interest over recent years, although it still faces methodological challenges concerning its …

Quartz artefacts are common components of flaked stone assemblages worldwide.
However, flaked quartz can appear similar to quartz fractured by natural and other (non …

This article explores the use of quartz as a raw material in the early prehistoric period in
Ireland. Archaeologists have invariably ignored quartz as a raw material because of its …