Clarke, A. and Griffiths, D. A. (1990). 13. The use of bloodstone as a raw material for flaked stone tools in the west of Scotland. In: n.e. Rhum. Mesolithic and later sites at Kinloch: excavations 1984-86. Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. pp. 149-156.
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13. The use of bloodstone as a raw material for flaked stone tools in the west of Scotland | |||||||||||
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Rhum. Mesolithic and later sites at Kinloch: excavations 1984-86 | |||||||||||
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Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Monograph Series | |||||||||||
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183 | |||||||||||
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149 - 156 | |||||||||||
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Although not fully confirmed by geological provenancing, the available evidence does suggest that Bloodstone Hill, Rhum was the only prehistoric source of bloodstone. Given this assumption, and though the archaeological evidence is not abundant, certain patterns are discernible. The use of bloodstone extended over a long period of time (from the Mesolithic into the Bronze Age). Bloodstone was the only one of a number of lithic resources available throughout the area, but it was the only raw material likely to have been collected from any distance. Throughout the period of its use, some slight changes are visible. In the Mesolithic there is more evidence for the on-site manufacture of bloodstone artefacts reflected in the quantities of knapping debris recovered), and as the Mesolithic sites are all (so far) on the Ardnamurchan or Morvern peninsulas there is the possibility that their inhabitants maintained direct access to Rhum and removed raw materials in the form of cores. In this period the exploitation of bloodstone may have been subsidiary to other subsistence activities. In the later periods it seems that bloodstone may have been used more specifically, particularly for retouched artefacts, and it may have been transported as prepared flakes. | |||||||||||
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1990 | |||||||||||
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0 903903 07 5 | |||||||||||
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