Hillier, Stephen
- Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- The James Hutton Institute
Abstract
The Altar Stone at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, UK, is enigmatic in that it differs markedly from the other bluestones. It is a grey-green, micaceous sandstone and has been considered to be derived from the Old Red Sandstone sequences of South Wales. Previous studies, however, have been based on presumed derived fragments (debitage) that have been identified visually as coming from the Altar Stone. Portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) analyses were conducted on these fragments (ex situ) as well as on the Altar Stone (in situ). Light elements (Z
Keywords
Stonehenge; Altar Stone; sandstone; debitage; portable XRF; provenancing
Published in
Mineralogical Magazine
2022, volume: 86, number: 4, article number: PII S0026461X22000226
Publisher: MINERALOGICAL SOC
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Geology
Archaeology
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2022.22
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/116810