MHG58713 - Lithics - Scalpay 8

Summary

Findspot of two lithics.

Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 8000 BC? to 551 BC?)

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Two lithics were found during the Scotland's First Settlers Project in 2003. A transect of ten shovel pits was dug from which two isolated finds were found: a platform core of Rùm bloodstone and a scalene triangle of chalcedonic silica. The lithics suggest human activity in the Mesolithic, though the small quantity of evidence, despite shovel pitting, suggests that this was a ephemeral site. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

<1> SHG24512 Text/Publication/Monograph: Hardy, K and Wickham-Jones, C (eds). 2007. Mesolithic and later sites around the Inner Sound, Scotland: the work of the Scotland's First Settlers project 1998-2004, Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports 31. Scottish Archaeological Internet Report. 31. Digital. Section 2.2.65, SFS 197. XY

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Grid reference	Centred NG 5890 2934 (40m by 40m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG52NE
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	STRATH

Finds (2)

CORE (Mesolithic - 8000 BC to 4001 BC)
TRIANGULAR MICROLITH (Mesolithic - 8000 BC to 4001 BC)

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External Links (1)

http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-310-1/dissemination/pdf/sair31.pdf (Link to published Scottish Archaeological Internet Report 31)

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