EXARC Journal (Aug 2014)

Stone Tools of Shetland: Experimental Felsite Project

  • Brendan O’Neill,
  • Bernard Gilhooly,
  • Gabriel Cooney

Journal volume & issue
no. 2014/3

Abstract

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The Shetland Islands are the northernmost part of Britain, located northeast of the Orkney Islands and Scottish mainland. Similar to other locations in northwest Europe, during the Neolithic Period (4000-2500 cal BC) suitable lithic sources were exploited for use in the production of stone axes and other artefacts (Bergsvik 2006; Ballin 2009; Cooney 2005).

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