Cooking stones

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These small cooking stones were found during excavations at Cnoc Coig on Oronsay in the Inner Hebrides. They date from between 4500 and 4300 BC.

The stones are natural beach cobbles or pebbles. They show signs of burning and have cracked from contact with cold liquid. They had probably been dropped into an animal skin containing water.

Cooking stones were used throughout prehistory and into the Historic period as a simple device in cooking. They were used in various ways but were always heated first.

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• Online ID: 000-100-103-160-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.1997.110 I
• Date: 4500 - 4300 BC
  4500 - 4300 BC
  4500 - 4300 BC
  4500 - 4300 BC
  4500 - 4300 BC
  4500 - 4300 BC
  4500 - 4300 BC
  4500 - 4300 BC
  4500 - 4300 BC
  Between 4500 and 4300 BC
  
• Material: Stone
  Stone
  Stone
  Stone; small
  Stone; small
  Stone; small
  Stone; small
  Stone; small
  Stone; small
  Stone, cooking
  Stone, cooking
  Stone, cooking
  Stone, cooking
  Stone, cooking
  Stone, cooking
  Stone, cooking
  Stone, cooking
  Stone, cooking
  
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• What: Stone, cooking
  Stone, cooking
  Stone, cooking
  Stone, cooking
  Stone, cooking
  Stone, cooking
  Stone, cooking
  Stone, cooking
  Stone, cooking
  
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• Where: Scotland, Argyll, Oronsay, Cnoc Coig
  Scotland, Argyll, Oronsay, Cnoc Coig
  Scotland, Argyll, Oronsay, Cnoc Coig
  Scotland, Argyll, Oronsay, Cnoc Coig
  Scotland, Argyll, Oronsay, Cnoc Coig
  Scotland, Argyll, Oronsay, Cnoc Coig
  Scotland, Argyll, Oronsay, Cnoc Coig
  Scotland, Argyll, Oronsay, Cnoc Coig
  Scotland, Argyll, Oronsay, Cnoc Coig
  
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• Description: Small cooking stone from Cnoc Coig, Oronsay, 4500 - 4300 BC
  Small cooking stone from Cnoc Coig, Oronsay, 4500 - 4300 BC
  Small cooking stone from Cnoc Coig, Oronsay, 4500 - 4300 BC
  Small cooking stone from Cnoc Coig, Oronsay, 4500 - 4300 BC
  Small cooking stone from Cnoc Coig, Oronsay, 4500 - 4300 BC
  Small cooking stone from Cnoc Coig, Oronsay, 4500 - 4300 BC
  Cooking stone from Cnoc Coig, Oronsay, 4500 - 4300 BC
  Cooking stone from Cnoc Coig, Oronsay, 4500 - 4300 BC
  Cooking stone from Cnoc Coig, Oronsay, 4500 - 4300 BC
  
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