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Excavation

Date June 2010

Event ID 880261

Category Recording

Type Excavation

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/880261

NG 5670 0007, NM 5605 9977, NM 5608 9988 and NM 5672

9988 The aim of this research project is to apply recently

developed methods and ethnoarchaeological perspectives to

the study of the Mesolithic and Early Neolithic of western

Scotland.

During the 5 May–6 June 2010 season the site of Camas

Daraich (NG 5670 0007) [NG50SE 27], previously partially excavated in

2000 (Wickham-Jones and Hardy 2004) was reopened. The

excavation area was extended to cover 30sqm and three new

test pits were dug. Significant finds included a large lithic

assemblage showing Mesolithic characteristics, a bevel ended

stone pebble with parallel cut marks, and a feature consisting

of three interlocking partially preserved stone circles, of c1m

in diameter.

Two shell middens (NM 5605 9977 and NM 5608 9988) [NM59NE 3 and NM59NE 4]

were recorded in rock shelters in 2009 (DES 2009, 99). Test

pits were excavated in 2010 at one of these sites (NM 5605

9977) and at another previously recorded shell midden at

NM 5672 9988 [NM59NE 5], which lies near the site of Camas Daraich.

Radiocarbon dates from the upper layers of these middens

gave a calibrated date range of 360 BC – AD 1600. However,

as the middens are deep, further work will be required to

determine their full age range.

Archive: The UAB in Barcelona

Funder: I and D, Ministry of Science and Innovation, Madrid

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