from Milngavie, New Kilpatrick, Dumbartonshire
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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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000-190-004-063-C |
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National Museums Scotland |
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0098: National Museums Scotland
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National Museums Scotland X.EQ 307 |
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Between 2000 and 1500 BC
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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
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16 mm 19 mm 24 mm 24 mm 25 mm 31 mm 34 mm 36 mm 39 mm
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Arrowhead Arrowhead Arrowhead Arrowhead Arrowhead / rough out Bead Bead Bead / toggle Bead / toggle
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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
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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
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- 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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