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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 749809
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/749809
NK02NW 29 010 251.
An area of 120m by 60m of an exposed land surface in the dunes near the mouth of the River Ythan was studied. Scatters of flint knapping debris were recorded and collected (including an anvil stone), while a date was implied by the discovery of a barbed-and-tanged arrowhead.
Sponsor: Marischal Museum Young Archaeologists
E Curtis and N Curtis 1994.
NK 01 25 A survey of flint-bearing raised beach surfaces adjacent to those examined by the Marischal Museum Young Archaeologists (Curtis and Curtis 1994) was undertaken. This fieldwork, coupled with the analysis of the 5787 lithics collected by the Marischal Museum, suggests the existence of a number of fairly discrete foci of Mesolithic artefacts and a broader distribution of undiagnostic bipolar and crude flint debris, suggestive of very expedient knapping strategies. A collection of c 4000 artefacts was made from an 8 x 20m transect over the sea cliff through one focused scatter located in a low scoop in this surface. The Mesolithic artefacts are much more numerous on the raised beach itself than beneath it. The artefacts include numerous blades, cores and a range of geometric microliths, especially rod-like forms.
Sponsors: Historic Scotland, Abercromby Fund, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (NE section).
G Warren 1999.
