Archaeological Stones and their Macroscopical Identification

REVIEW BY ROB IXER ‘No provenance is better than wrong provenance’ should be tattooed on the forehead of anyone embarking on a career in lithic studies. Forgoing that, buying this book would be a useful long-term alternative. This quintessential reference/lab book is not one for the field, and in truth not one that can be used easily and well without some training and experience (indeed professional petrologists might feel astonished, even daunted, by some of the exotic sulphide minerals that are included in its mineral tables, or by the plethora of igneous rock names). It is exhaustive – no stone is left unturned. The first main chapter is a 40-page, highly detailed account