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Irish And Dutch Vessels Found In Scottish Graves (2500-2280BC)
Current Archaeology ^ | 3-12-2008

Posted on 03/12/2008 5:04:06 PM PDT by blam

Irish and Dutch vessels found in Scottish graves

Evidence that some of our prehistoric ancestors travelled considerable distances has come from two graves in Upper Largie, near Kilmartin in Argyll and Bute.

One grave contained three distinctive beakers which Alison Sheridan, of the National Museums Scotland, describes as belonging to an early, international style, best paralleled by finds from the lower Rhine region of the modern-day Netherlands. Radiocarbon dates of 2500-2280 BC from hazel charcoal from within the grave confirms an early Bronze Age date.

Though no bone was found because of the acidic nature of the local soils, the way that two of the pots had been crushed in situ suggests that the deceased was buried in a wooden coffin and covered by a stone cairn, which then fell onto the pots once the timber collapsed. The grave was surrounded by a ring ditch, about 5.5 metres in diameter, marked by posts; just to the south lay an associated arc of four larger pits that also held posts. Martin Cook, AOC Archaeology Project Officer, who directed the excavation, said the style of burial made it likely that the grave was that of a Dutch migrant.

A second grave was dug at a later date, cutting through the ring ditch, and this contained a highly unusual bowl whose upper part is of the classic Irish style current around 2150 BC but whose four stubby feet are a Yorkshire feature. This so-called ‘hybrid polypod food vessel’ indicates the range of stylistic influences on the Kilmartin valley, an area of west Scotland with an unusually high number of standing stones, cairns and chambered tombs, during the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age.

The excavations by AOC Archaeology are funded by quarry operator M & K McLeod Ltd.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dutch; godsgravesglyphs; graves; irish; scottish

1 posted on 03/12/2008 5:04:07 PM PDT by blam
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To: SunkenCiv

GGG Ping.


2 posted on 03/12/2008 5:04:29 PM PDT by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: blam
We can't post from The Independent so, I'll link this article here:

Mystery of Aunt Pete's message in a bottle solved by soldier's grandson

3 posted on 03/12/2008 5:07:05 PM PDT by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: blam

Anna’ if you un dare to come back to Scotland, we be puttin’ more o’ ya in graves.


4 posted on 03/12/2008 5:08:54 PM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: blam

Bute Huh?

Must be in Montana...

Look et those Mesas ain’t they buttes!


5 posted on 03/12/2008 5:11:47 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: blam

A shame, no photo.


6 posted on 03/12/2008 5:21:55 PM PDT by Ciexyz
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To: blam

Thanks for posting the link to Aunt Pete message in a bottle. Lovely story.


7 posted on 03/12/2008 5:37:54 PM PDT by Ciexyz
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To: Ciexyz
Yeah, there was some archeology in that one too!
8 posted on 03/12/2008 5:45:29 PM PDT by 2111USMC
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To: Ciexyz

Yep, went from “Aunt Pete” to Irish Poofter to
Spains entry to Eurovision 08, Dance the Chikichiki!

Sometimes you just have to go with the flow.


9 posted on 03/12/2008 5:47:50 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: blam
the grave was that of a Dutch migrant.

Frisians doing the work Picts won't do.

10 posted on 03/12/2008 5:49:04 PM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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To: 2111USMC; tet68

I love these threads, they show the beauty of our world.


11 posted on 03/12/2008 5:51:39 PM PDT by Ciexyz
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We always make the mistake that we are so smart and these people could not think for their own. Well they got around, constricted things that worked and managed to improve crops.


12 posted on 03/12/2008 8:25:55 PM PDT by Domangart (editor and publisher)
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To: blam

Bump for later! (possible family connection)


13 posted on 03/12/2008 9:03:24 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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14 posted on 03/13/2008 10:01:05 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/______________________Profile updated Saturday, March 1, 2008)
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Information bump.


15 posted on 03/13/2008 5:02:47 PM PDT by Ciexyz
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

Ostfrisians?

“The green goes up!”

Oh, I supervise a group of Ostfrisians, and they are planting trees outside.”

(Old German joke)


16 posted on 03/13/2008 5:09:57 PM PDT by patton (cuiquam in sua arte credendum)
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