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Date 2020
Event ID 1127063
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1127063
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This burial site in Orkney Islands was a focus for funerary practices in the Neolithic period, between 3300 BC and 2451 BC.
Prehistoric Grave Goods project site ID: 60092
CANMORE ID: 9554
Total no. graves with grave goods: 7
Total no. people with grave goods: 7
Total no. grave goods: 78
Prehistoric Grave Goods project Grave ID: 74122
Grave type: Chamber
Burial type(s): Inhumation
Grave good: Animal Bone (Other); Materials used: Coral/Shell [Shell]; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Animal Joint/Part (Other specified part); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Animal Joint/Part; Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Animal Bone (Other); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Prehistoric Grave Goods project Grave ID: 74124
Grave type: Chamber
Burial type(s): Inhumation
Grave good: Animal Bone (Other); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Animal Bone (Other); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Animal Bone (Other); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Prehistoric Grave Goods project Grave ID: 74125
Grave type: Chamber
Burial type(s): Inhumation
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown; Museum accession no.: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pot; Materials used: Pottery; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Necklace; Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Flake; Materials used: Chert / Flint [Chert]; Current museum location: Unknown; Grave good: Animal Bone (Other); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Animal Bone (Other); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pin (Specified type); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pin (Specified type); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pin (Specified type); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Pin (Specified type); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Prehistoric Grave Goods project Grave ID: 74126
Grave type: Chamber
Burial type(s): Inhumation
Grave good: Animal Bone (Other); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Animal Bone (Other); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Prehistoric Grave Goods project Grave ID: 74127
Grave type:
Burial type(s): Inhumation
Grave good: Animal Bone (Other); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Animal Bone (Other); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Animal Bone (Other); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Orkney Museum (Kirkwall)
Grave good: Animal Bone (Other); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Animal Bone (Other); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Animal Bone (Other); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Animal Bone (Other); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Animal Bone (Other); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Animal Bone (Other); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Animal Bone (Other); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Animal Bone (Other); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Animal Bone (Other); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Point (Unknown/Unspecified); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Grave good: Necklace; Materials used: Coral/Shell [Shell]; Current museum location: Unknown
Prehistoric Grave Goods project Grave ID: 74128
Grave type: Chamber
Burial type(s): Inhumation
Grave good: Animal Bone (Other); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Prehistoric Grave Goods project Grave ID: 74129
Grave type: Chamber
Burial type(s): Inhumation
Grave good: Animal Bone (Other); Materials used: Bone/Antler/Horn/Ivory/Tooth (Animal) [Bone]; Current museum location: Unknown
Further details, the full project database and downloads of project publications can be found here: https://doi.org/10.5284/1052206
An accessible visualisation of the database can be found here: http://blogs.reading.ac.uk/grave-goods/map/
