A New Study of the Decorated Cists in Kilmartin Glen, Argyll, Scotland
| Autor: | Aaron Watson, Richard Bradley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 87:219-230 |
| ISSN: | 2050-2729 0079-497X |
| DOI: | 10.1017/ppr.2021.10 |
| Popis: | Decorated cists have been identified at three burial cairns in Kilmartin Glen, Mid Argyll. The paper provides a new analysis of the cover slab at Nether Largie North, which features a series of pecked axeheads. Previous studies suggested that they replaced an array of cup marks, but the evidence of photogrammetry suggests a longer sequence and a more complex scheme. The same approach was taken to the decorated cists beneath the Nether Largie Mid cairn and a comparable structure at Ri Cruin. Additional depictions were identified. The carvings within all three cists are organised in similar ways. They date from a period in the Early Bronze Age when metal was imported from Ireland. At the same time, the reuse of older structures suggests a new concern with the past. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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