Revisiting the “quartz problem” in lithic studies: A review and New, open-access, experimental dataset

C Spry, R Kurpiel, E Foley, P Penzo-Kajewski - Lithic Technology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Quartz artefacts are common components of flaked stone assemblages worldwide.
However, flaked quartz can appear similar to quartz fractured by natural and other (non …

[HTML][HTML] Facets of Variation: Macrocrystalline quartz reduction at Moolarben, central NSW, Australia

T Doelman, J Webb - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
Macrocrystalline quartz is an abundant raw material used widely for artefact manufacture. In
Australia its procurement, reduction and use are now considered more complex than …

New braided knowledge understandings of an Aboriginal earth ring and biik wurrdha (Jacksons Creek, Sunbury) on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country, southeastern …

C Spry, DL Freedman, E Hayes, G Hitchcock… - Australian …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Aboriginal rings are circular, earth (or rock) features that are preserved at increasingly fewer
locations across eastern Australia today. While previous studies indicate these rings are …

From quartz curvature to late Holocene mobility at Spring Cave, Western Cape, South Africa

B Davies, MJ Douglass, DR Braun, J Parkington… - Archaeological and …, 2022 - Springer
The late Holocene was a period of cultural change along the west coast of South Africa, with
widespread archaeological evidence for shifts in settlement patterns and economic activity …

Something rocky this way comes: An investigation of raw materials in Mesolithic Leinster: Winner, undergraduate thesis prize

E Kirwan - Hunter Gatherer Research, 2024 - liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
During the Irish Mesolithic (8000–4000 cal BC) a variety of raw materials were used by
Ireland's hunter-gatherer populations. Good quality raw materials, such as flint and chert …