This book details the history of the Keiller–Knowles Collection, examines the typology and distribution of the artefacts represented, and signals the curatorial lessons to be learnt, regarding both the issue of dispersal and the peculiar problems associated with cataloguing a collection of this size. The significance of the Keiller–Knowles Collection in the broader context of Irish lithic studies is also analysed. The vast bulk of artefacts comprised of prehistoric Irish stone tools.

This book details the history of the Keiller–Knowles Collection, examines the typology and distribution of the artefacts represented, and signals the curatorial lessons to be learnt, regarding both the issue of dispersal and the peculiar problems associated with cataloguing a collection of this size. The significance of the Keiller–Knowles Collection in the broader context of Irish lithic studies is also analysed.