Read Andrew T Young BA (Hons) MA MIPG FSA Scot | University of Exeter (eprofile.exeter.ac.uk)
The Ground Stone Tools of Britain and Ireland: an Experimental Approach

Andy's doctoral research explores the way ground stone tools are currently interpreted and examines the manufacture of a wide range of implements through experimental archaeology.

His research contextualises the nature of ground stone tools with reference to the Neolithic and Bronze Age, analysing the trajectory of their development over time and the ways technological innovation may have driven certain morphological changes.

He has developed a range of complimentary technical analyses which can be applied to experimental replication studies in order to better understand a wide range of tools.

Interpretations are based on qualitative and quantitive data, whilst at the same time examine the ways a post-processual-linked phenomenological perspective might be a valid means of enquiry, with special emphasis on craft skills.