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Butchery chopper of stone

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From Oronsay, Inner Hebrides

Postcard of Butchery chopper of stone.
000-100-102-581-C
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Butchery chopper of stone

This butchery chopper made from stone was found on Oronsay in the Inner Hebrides. It is an early example of a cooking tool, used sometime between 6000 and 3500 BC.

Stone butchery chopper from Oronsay, Argyll, 6000 - 3500 BC

The earliest inhabitants in Scotland moved around the landscape, carrying their tools for gathering, fishing and hunting with them, or making others from local resources.


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Online ID: 000-100-102-581-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.HP 708
Date: 6000 - 3500 BC
Between 6000 and 3500 BC
Material: Stone; in shape of a spearhead
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What: Chopper, butchery
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Who: Mungo Buchanan Collection (Item originally from collection)
Where: Scotland, Argyll, Oronsay
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