A range of geochemical and mineralogical factors trigger the weathering and influence the
stability of various silica phases under near-surface temperatures and pressures. Based on …

Seventy-five intact Mimbres and Jornada pottery sherds from the American Southwest were
analyzed by portable XRF and instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). Examination …

Although Scandinavian flint is one of the most important materials used for prehistoric stone
tool production in Northern and Central Europe, a conclusive method for securely …

It is 50 years since Sieveking et al. published their pioneering research in Nature on the
geochemical analysis of artefacts from Neolithic flint mines in southern Britain. In the …

Recent research has demonstrated that the Eocene Timrat formation in northeastern Israel,
which appears as an extensive land “strip” west of and parallel to the Rift Valley, was a …

Provenance studies of chert and flint raw materials (silicites) are an important component of
archaeological research. The identification of the sources of rocks used for the production of …

This paper is a contribution to research concerning the origin of high quality radiolarites in
an archaeological context. The present case study is focussed on radiolarite finds from the …

Flint was one of the most widely employed raw materials for artefact manufacture in
Denmark and Sweden during the Stone Age, and it continued to be used during subsequent …

Flint tools are important archaeological finds, but unheated specimens remain challenging
to date. The optical luminescence properties of the microcrystalline flint differ from …

Proceeding from previously published studies of the provenance of southern Scandinavian
flint based on visual classification and chemical sourcing, this paper presents a …