Quartz lithics

47 people attending WAC volunteered to participate in the quartz quiz. These represented archaeologists who received their archaeological education in 17 countries, with 24 countries listed as their main countries of work. All continents bar Asia (and Antarctica) were listed as places of archaeological education; 43% were primarily educated in Ireland and Britain; 19% in Australasia, and 15% in America. The participants ranged from senior archaeologists with a wealth of archaeological and lithic analysis experience to students with little. Table 7-3 shows the breakdown of the participants in terms of their current occupation and experience with lithics and quartz; 62% of the participants described themselves as having substantial experience with lithics, while 23% had substantial quartz experience. Of those with no quartz experience, 36% had substantial lithic experience and 27% had minor lithic experience.