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Driscoll, K. 2011. Identifying and classifying vein quartz artefacts: an experiment conducted at the World Archaeological Congress, 2008. Archaeometry, Vol. 53, 6, 1280-1296.

Driscoll, K. 2011. Vein quartz in lithic traditions: an analysis based on experimental archaeology. Journal of Archaeological Science, Vol. 38 Issue 3 pp. 734-45.

Driscoll, K. and Menuge, J. 2011. Recognising burnt vein quartz artefacts in archaeological assemblages. Journal of Archaeological Science. Vol. 38, Issue 9, pp. 2251-60.

Driscoll, K. 2009. Constructing Later Mesolithic Landscapes. In N. Finlay, S. McCartan, N. Milner and C. Wickham-Jones (eds), From Bann Flakes to Bushmills: Papers in Honour of Professor Peter Woodman. Oxford, Prehistoric Society Research Papers 1, Oxbow Books.

Driscoll, K. 2009. Exploring the chaîne opératoires in Irish quartz lithic traditions: current research. Internet Archaeology 26 Retrieved 3/10/09, from
http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue26/driscollb_index.html

Driscoll, K. 2009. The early prehistory in the west of Ireland: investigations into the social archaeology of the Mesolithic, west of the Shannon, Ireland. In S. McCarton, R. Schulting, G. M. Warren and P.C. Woodman (eds), Mesolithic horizons: papers presented at the seventh international conference on the Mesolithic in Europe, Belfast 2005. Oxford, Oxbow, pp. 880-81.

Driscoll, K. 2009. 'They wrought almost any material that came in their way': Mesolithic Flint Alternatives in the West of Ireland. Internet Archaeology 26 Retrieved 3/10/09, from http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue26/driscolla_index.html

Driscoll, K. and Warren, G. M. 2007. Dealing with the 'quartz problem' in Irish lithic research. Lithics: The Journal of the Lithic Studies Society, Vol. 28, 4-14.

Lithics Ireland Consultancy	Killian Driscoll
lithicsireland@gmail.com	Galway, Ireland