Stonehenge revisited: A geochemical approach to interpreting the geographical source of sarsen stone #58

Abstract

AbstractIt is tempting in material sourcing analyses to treat chemical data primarily as numbers to be sorted, while disregarding their interlinked geochemistries. Consideration of geochemistry, however, often leads to the drawing of more nuanced and reliable conclusions. In this paper we re‐examine data published in 2020, related to the sourcing of stone #58 at Stonehenge, paying attention to geochemistry. We question the potential single‐source interpretation of these data and suggest instead that three to six sources cannot be ruled out.