Lithological description and provenancing of a collection of bluestones from excavations at Stonehenge by William Hawley in 1924 with implications for the human versus ice transport debate of the monument's bluestone megaliths

IF 1.4 3区地球科学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-22 DOI:10.1002/gea.21971

Richard Bevins, Rob Ixer, Nick Pearce, James Scourse, Tim Daw

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Abstract

A rhyolite boulder collected by R. S. Newall in 1924 from an excavation at Stonehenge has been pivotal to arguments concerning glacial versus human transport of the bluestones to Stonehenge. Initial studies suggested that the boulder came from north Wales, and hence was a probable glacial erratic. New petrographic and geochemical analyses however support it being from Craig Rhos-y-Felin in west Wales, the source of much debitage recovered from Stonehenge. Examination of the form and surface features of the boulder provides no evidence for it being erratic. Instead, it is considered to be one more piece of debitage probably derived from a broken-up monolith.

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威廉·霍利于1924年对巨石阵出土的一系列青石进行了岩性描述和来源证明，这对人类与冰运输对纪念碑青石巨石的争论具有重要意义

1924年，R.S.Newall在巨石阵的一次挖掘中收集到一块流纹岩巨石，这是关于冰川和人类将青石运到巨石阵的争论的关键。初步研究表明，这块巨石来自北威尔士，因此很可能是冰川的飘忽不定。然而，新的岩相和地球化学分析支持它来自西威尔士的Craig Rhos‐y‐Felin，这是从巨石阵中回收的大量借记的来源。对巨石的形状和表面特征的检查没有提供任何证据表明其不稳定。相反，它被认为是又一笔借记，可能来自一块破碎的巨石。

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal 地学-地球科学综合

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3.60

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5.90%

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Geoarchaeology is an interdisciplinary journal published six times per year (in January, March, May, July, September and November). It presents the results of original research at the methodological and theoretical interface between archaeology and the geosciences and includes within its scope: interdisciplinary work focusing on understanding archaeological sites, their environmental context, and particularly site formation processes and how the analysis of sedimentary records can enhance our understanding of human activity in Quaternary environments. Manuscripts should examine the interrelationship between archaeology and the various disciplines within Quaternary science and the Earth Sciences more generally, including, for example: geology, geography, geomorphology, pedology, climatology, oceanography, geochemistry, geochronology, and geophysics. We also welcome papers that deal with the biological record of past human activity through the analysis of faunal and botanical remains and palaeoecological reconstructions that shed light on past human-environment interactions. The journal also welcomes manuscripts concerning the examination and geological context of human fossil remains as well as papers that employ analytical techniques to advance understanding of the composition and origin or material culture such as, for example, ceramics, metals, lithics, building stones, plasters, and cements. Such composition and provenance studies should be strongly grounded in their geological context through, for example, the systematic analysis of potential source materials.