Page 1 HOME PAGE Understanding quartz technology in early prehistoric Ireland Volume 1
of 2 Killian Driscoll The thesis is submitted to University College Dublin for the degree of …

It is generally recognized that, in the Stone and Bronze Ages of Scotland, numerous different
lithic raw materials were used for the manufacture of tools (Saville 1994). While there are …

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 …

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 …

This paper discusses an assemblage of worked and smashed quartz associated with a
Bronze Age kerbed cairn at Olcote. Most analytical treatments of quartz in Scottish prehistory …

Dunmisk fort (Co. Tyrone), in Northern Ireland, has produced the first evidence recognized in
early medieval Europe for the making/modification of glass using primary raw materials …

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 …

Pottery has become one of the major categories of artifact that is used in reconstructing the
lives and habits of prehistoric people. In these 14 papers, members of the Prehistoric …

Quartz technology is the bane of many an archaeologist and is often neglected as a primary
source of information in prehistoric investigations. Quartz was the main stone used in tool …