Moore, K. R. (2006). Prehistoric gold markers and environmental change. Geoarchaeology 21 (2). Vol 21(2), pp. 155-170. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.20095.
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Prehistoric gold markers and environmental change | ||||||||||
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a two-age system for standing stones in western Ireland | ||||||||||
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Geoarchaeology 21 (2) | ||||||||||
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Geoarchaeology | ||||||||||
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21 (2) | ||||||||||
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155 - 170 | ||||||||||
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The paper examines the Murrisk Peninsula in southwest County Mayo, a target for gold exploration in Ireland, of which the most productive areas include the Cregganbaun Shear Zone and Cregganbaun Quartzite Belt on Croagh Patrick, both geologically related to Iapetus closure; gold is concentrated in alluvial deposits of river systems draining these areas. The author suggests that a comparison of gold occurrences with the location of prehistoric stone monuments reveals that simple standing-stone monuments, though isolated from other monument types, correlate with alluvial gold. South of the Murrisk Peninsula in Connemara, isolated standing stones are associated with a wide range of mineral resources and with other monuments. It is argued that dating of the stones relative to blanket-bog expansion and coastal landform changes indicates that standing stones were raised as markers of gold placer deposits before a climatic deterioration at 1200 BC; Late Bronze Age monuments with a ceremonial purpose are more complex and include stone alignments. | ||||||||||
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2006 | ||||||||||
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29 Nov 2006 |
