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A preliminary distribution map of stone axes in Ireland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Eoin Grogan  and
Gabriel Cooney
Eoin Grogan
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University College, Dublin 4, Eire
Gabriel Cooney
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University College, Dublin 4, Eire
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Abstract

Stone axes are numerous in Ireland, where there are important porcellanite sources in the northeast. Now there is a first clear idea of just how many Irish axes there are and what their pattern of distribution is

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Antiquity , Volume 64 , Issue 244 , September 1990 , pp. 559 - 561
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1990

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