R E Bevins

Biographic Data

ID	4435713
NAME	R E Bevins
GIVEN NAMES	R E
FAMILY NAME	Bevins
SIGNATURE	BEVINS R E
AFFILIATIONS	National Museum Wales
ORCID	0000-0002-7201-0115
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	24
TOTAL CITATIONS	149
AUTHOR COUNT	24
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1995
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	7

Arithmetic approaches alone are inadequate in defining similarity: A comment on Ciborowski and Nash 2026 “Defining similarity: An arithmetic method for archaeological source provenance targeting using…
Open AccessNicholas J G Pearce, R E Bevins et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2026
Lithological and geochemical characterization of ‘adinole’ artefacts from cave deposits in southwest Wales: A material of choice during the late Middle to Upper Palaeolithic
Open AccessR E Bevins, Elizabeth A Walker et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Environments and Humans2025
Twenty-three artefacts previously identified as being manufactured from adinole, a fine-grained metasomatic rock, from late Middle to Upper Palaeolithic cave sites in southwest Wales have been re-examined in terms of their petrology and geochemistry. Standard petrography has been combined with automated SEM-EDS analysis for a single artefact to determine the mineralogy and textures of that artefact, while portable XRF and μXRF have been combined …
The enigmatic ‘Newall boulder’ excavated at Stonehenge in 1924: New data and correcting the record
Open AccessR E Bevins, Nicholas J G Pearce et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2025
Was the Stonehenge Altar Stone from Orkney? Investigating the mineralogy and geochemistry of Orcadian Old Red sandstones and Neolithic circle monuments
Open AccessR E Bevins, Nicholas J G Pearce et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2024References: 6
Recent petrological, mineralogical and geochemical investigations of the Stonehenge Altar Stone have negated its source in the Old Red Sandstone (ORS) Anglo-Welsh Basin. Further, it has been suggested that it is time to look wider, across northern Britain and Scotland, especially in areas where geological and geochemical evidence concur, and there is evidence of Neolithic communities and their monuments. In this context the islands of Orkney, wit…
Assessing the authenticity of a sample taken from the Altar Stone at Stonehenge in 1844 using portable XRF and automated SEM-EDS
Open AccessR E Bevins, Nicholas J G Pearce et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2023Cited by: 1References: 7
The Stonehenge Altar Stone was probably not sourced from the Old Red Sandstone of the Anglo-Welsh Basin: Time to broaden our geographic and stratigraphic horizons
Open AccessR E Bevins, Nicholas J G Pearce et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2023Cited by: 1References: 6
Lithological description and provenancing of a collection of bluestones from excavations at Stonehenge by William Hawley in 1924 with implications for the human versus ice transport debate of the monu…
Open AccessR E Bevins, Rob Ixer et al.ARTICLEGeoarchaeology2023Cited by: 1References: 11
A rhyolite boulder collected by R. S. Newall in 1924 from an excavation at Stonehenge has been pivotal to arguments concerning glacial versus human transport of the bluestones to Stonehenge. Initial studies suggested that the boulder came from north Wales, and hence was a probable glacial erratic. New petrographic and geochemical analyses however support it being from Craig Rhos‐y‐Felin in west Wales, the source of much debitage recovered from St…
Portable XRF investigation of Stonehenge Stone 62 and potential source dolerite outcrops in the Mynydd Preseli, west Wales
Open AccessNicholas J G Pearce, R E Bevins et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2022Cited by: 1References: 8
Identification of the source of dolerites used at the Waun Mawn stone circle in the Mynydd Preseli, west Wales and implications for the proposed link with Stonehenge
Open AccessR E Bevins, Nicholas J G Pearce et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2022Cited by: 3References: 13
How Waun Mawn stone circle was designed and built, and when the Bluestones arrived at Stonehenge: A response to Darvill
Open AccessMike Parker Pearson, J Pollard et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2022Cited by: 2
In response to Timothy Darvill's article, ‘Mythical rings?’ (this issue), which argues for an alternative interpretation of Waun Mawn circle and its relationship with Stonehenge, Parker Pearson and colleagues report new evidence from the Welsh site and elaborate on aspects of their original argument. The discovery of a hearth at the centre of the circle, as well as further features around its circumference, reinforces the authors’ original interp…
Reconstructing extraction techniques at Stonehenge’s bluestone megalith quarries in the Preseli hills of west Wales
Open AccessMike Parker Pearson, Richard Bevins et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2022Cited by: 3References: 1
Revisiting the provenance of the Stonehenge bluestones: Refining the provenance of the Group 2 non-spotted dolerites using rare earth element geochemistry
Open AccessR E Bevins, Nicholas J G Pearce et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2021Cited by: 1References: 5
Alteration fabrics and mineralogy as provenance indicators; the Stonehenge bluestone dolerites and their enigmatic “spots”
Open AccessR E Bevins, Rob Ixer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2021Cited by: 1References: 5
The original Stonehenge? A dismantled stone circle in the Preseli Hills of west Wales
Open AccessMike Parker Pearson, J Pollard et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2021Cited by: 2References: 21
Constraining the provenance of the Stonehenge ‘Altar Stone’: Evidence from automated mineralogy and U–Pb zircon age dating
Open AccessR E Bevins, Duncan Pirrie et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2020Cited by: 8References: 7
Megalith quarries for Stonehenge's bluestones
Open AccessMike Parker Pearson, J Pollard et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2019Cited by: 4References: 11
Retracing the footsteps of H.H. Thomas: A review of his Stonehenge bluestone provenancing study
Open AccessRichard Bevins, R E Bevins et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2018
Craig Rhos-y-felin: A Welsh bluestone megalith quarry for Stonehenge
Open AccessMike Parker Pearson, Richard Bevins et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2015Cited by: 7References: 21
Carn Alw as a source of the rhyolitic component of the Stonehenge bluestones: A critical re-appraisal of the petrographical account of H.H. Thomas
Open AccessR E Bevins, Rob A Ixer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2013Cited by: 3References: 3
Carn Goedog is the likely major source of Stonehenge doleritic bluestones: Evidence based on compatible element geochemistry and Principal Component Analysis
Open AccessR E Bevins, Rob A Ixer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2013Cited by: 20References: 1
Provenancing the rhyolitic and dacitic components of the Stonehenge landscape bluestone lithology: New petrographical and geochemical evidence
Open AccessR E Bevins, Rob A Ixer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2011Cited by: 14References: 2
Stonehenge rhyolitic bluestone sources and the application of zircon chemistry as a new tool for provenancing rhyolitic lithics
Open AccessR E Bevins, Nicholas J G Pearce et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2010Cited by: 13References: 2
Coygan Cave, Laugharne, South Wales, a Mousterian Site and Hyaena Den: A Report on the University of Cambridge Excavations
Open AccessStephen Aldhouse-Green, Katharine Scott et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the Prehistoric…1995Cited by: 18References: 10
Excavation by Charles McBurney and John Clegg during the early 1960s revealed a sequence with a Mousterian occupation, of which the principal finds were two bout coupé handaxes, stratified close to the base of a Middle Devensian hyaena-den accumulation. The human occupation should belong within the period 64–38 ka with comparative and stratigraphic evidence favouring a date within the earlier part of this range before 50 ka. The hyaena-den occupa…
Persistent Places in the Mesolithic Landscape: An Example from the Black Mountain Uplands of South Wales
Open AccessNick Barton, Peter Berridge et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the Prehistoric…1995Cited by: 46References: 14
Evidence for the early Postglacial use of upland environments in the Mesolithic in various parts Britain has been known for a long time. However, until relatively recently such evidence had been remarkably absent from upland south Wales, which includes some of the highest mountain ranges in southern Britain. In this paper we report on new work at the upland location of Waun Fignen Felen which consists of discrete Early and later Mesolithic artefa…