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From Loch Olabhat, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
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This hammer stone was found in Loch Olabhat on North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. It may have been used to split bones for the extraction of marrow around 3000 BC.
Pebble hammer from Loch Olabhat, North Uist, C. 3000 BC
No edible parts of animals were wasted by early peoples. Marrowbone jelly was extracted by splitting the marrow bones with a hammerstone. If a marrow bone was to be kept whole for some other use, the jelly was sucked out through a hole bored into one end.
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- Online ID: 000-100-103-157-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
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Project description View all records in project - Ref: National Museums Scotland X.1997.104
- Date: Around 3000 BC
C. 3000 - Material: Stone
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- Where: Scotland, Inverness-shire, North Uist, Loch Olabhat
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