Stonehenge's sandstone blocks - sarsen stones - characterized in extensive petrological and geochemical analysis.
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Article Title: Petrological and geochemical characterisation of the sarsen stones at Stonehenge
Funding: DJN, TJRC, JSU, MPP, TD were awarded British Academy / Leverhulme Trust Small Research Grant SG170610 https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/. DP received additional funding support from the University of South Wales CESRIS grant (no number) https://www.southwales.ac.uk/. These funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. JMH, MRP and NW are employed by commercial companies (Petroclays Ltd, Vidence Inc. and Gatan UK, respectively). These companies provided support in the form of salaries but did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The specific roles of these authors are articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section.
Competing Interests: Three of the authors (JMH, MRP and NW) are employed by commercial companies (Petroclays Ltd, Vidence Inc. and Gatan UK, respectively). This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0254760
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Petrological and geochemical characterisation of the sarsen stones at Stonehenge
4-Aug-2021
Three of the authors (JMH, MRP and NW) are employed by commercial companies (Petroclays Ltd, Vidence Inc. and Gatan UK, respectively). This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.