Quartz is one of the main raw materials used by prehistoric communities from the Lower
Palaeolithic to the Holocene. There have been difficulties in developing a proper …

Despite its worldwide use as a stone tool raw material, quartz is known to be a difficult
material for archaeologists. The main reason for this is the tendency of quartz flakes to …

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 …

The term «quartz» is applied to a vast range of raw materials used during the Palaeolithic. In
order to avoid technological interpretation mistakes and make easier the communication …

Since the 1980s, several experimental analyses have been able to differentiate some lithic
tool types and some of their raw materials according to the morphology of cut marks …

Prehistoric quartz assemblages have always posed a special problem for archaeologists.
Due to its brittle nature, quartz is hard to understand within lithic classification systems that …

The use of quartz as a raw material for chipped stone tools was widespread in Irish
prehistory but a traditional focus by archaeologists on flint, and the use of a flint framework …

Formal technologies and intensified reduction are often seen as responses to increased
mobility and low abundance of lithic raw material of good flakeability and controllability. In …

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

The Hummal site, situated in the El-Kowm area of central Syria, is characterised by the
presence of many artesian springs related to faults in the substratum, and by high-quality …