A. Saville

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A. Saville A Flint Core-tool from Wig Sands, Kirkcolm, near Stranraer, and a consideration of the absence of Core-tools in the Scottish Mesolithic Quaternary geology, Mesolithic, Neolithic TDGNHAS Series III, 77 (2003), 13(1.68 MB) Abstract The collections of Stranraer Museum include a flint core tool from the shore at Wig Sands, south-east of the village of Kirkcolm, Wigtownshire. Wig Sands is an area of flat sand and cobbles forming the beach of Wig Bay on the west side of Loch Ryan, some
A. Saville Flint and Stone in Prehistoric Scotland - The Cormack Lecture, 2005 [2nd December 2005] Proceedings, Archaeology (General), Prehistory (General), Geology TDGNHAS Series III, 80 (2006), 179(3.8 MB) Abstract Lecture to the Society, 2nd December, 2005 (The Cormack lecture). This presentation looked at the way in which people in early prehistoric Scotland had exploited the local lithic resources of flint and stone to manufacture various types of artefacts. The