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from Milngavie, New Kilpatrick, Dumbartonshire

Postcard of Beads and arrowheads.
000-190-004-063-C
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Beads and arrowheads

These burnt bone beads and flint arrowheads were deposited as grave goods in an urn at Milngavie at New Kilpatrick in Dumbartonshire. The urn was placed upside down and then covered with a mound, sometime between 2000 and 1500 BC.

Three of the arrowheads have barbs to help them stick in their targets and tangs to attach them to wooden arrow shafts. One arrowhead may be a roughout. The two segmented beads imitate more prestigious faience examples.

By around 1750 BC, in mainland Scotland, cremation had become the favoured funerary custom. Grave goods were rare, and generally modest. Sometimes they were kept separate from the pyre, but in other cases, as here, they were burnt with the body.


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Online ID: 000-190-004-063-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.EQ 307
Date: Between 2000 and 1500 BC
Material: Bone; broken transverse perforation; burnt
Bone; three segments, two grooves; burnt
Bone; three segments, two grooves; burnt
Bone; transverse perforation on both sides; burnt
Flint; barbed; tanged; broken; burnt
Flint; barbed; tanged; burnt
Flint; barbed; tanged; burnt
Flint; barbed; tanged; burnt
Flint; burnt
Dimensions: 16 mm
19 mm
24 mm
24 mm
25 mm
31 mm
34 mm
36 mm
39 mm
What: Arrowhead
Arrowhead
Arrowhead
Arrowhead
Arrowhead / rough out
Bead
Bead
Bead / toggle
Bead / toggle
Subject:
Who:
Where: Scotland, Dunbartonshire, Milngavie
Scotland, Dunbartonshire, Milngavie
Scotland, Dunbartonshire, Milngavie
Scotland, Dunbartonshire, Milngavie
Scotland, Dunbartonshire, Milngavie
Scotland, Dunbartonshire, Milngavie
Scotland, Dunbartonshire, Milngavie
Scotland, Dunbartonshire, Milngavie
Scotland, Dunbartonshire, Milngavie
Event:
Description: Segmented bone bead, cylindrical and faience-like, from Milngavie, Dunbartonshiree
Segmented bone bead, cylindrical and a copy of a prestigious faience bead, from Milngavie, Dunbartonshire
Bone toggle bead with transverse perforation on both sides, from Milngavie
Bone toggle bead with broken tranverse perforation, from Milngavie
Barbed and tanged flint arrowhead, from Milngavie
Barbed and tanged flint arrowhead, from Milngavie
Barbed and tanged flint arrowhead, from Milngavie
Broken barbed and tanged flint arrowhead, from Milngavie
Rough-out for a barbed and tanged flint arrowhead, from Milngavie
References:
  • Clarke, D.V., Cowie, T.G., & Foxon, Andrew (eds). Symbols of power at the time of Stonehenge. Edinburgh: National Museums of Antiquities of Scotland, 1985, p 295. 
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