Archaeology and the Creag nan Uamh bone caves, Assynt, Highland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11006121 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan Saville (National Museums Scotland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 135 |
| Pages | 343-369 |
| Publication date | 2006-11-30 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0081-1564 • E-ISSN: 2056-743X |
| Publisher | Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.9750/psas.135.343.369 |
| OpenAlex | W2518260621 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
Excavations in the 1920s at the Creag nan Uamh bone caves, near Inchnadamph, aroused considerable interest in the possibility of evidence for a Palaeolithic presence in north-west Scotland. Four objects found during those excavations, including the one on which the principal claim for a Palaeolithic date was based, are published here for the first time. The author contends that two are probable Viking Age/early medieval artefacts of unusual type, one is undated but is possibly also of the same period, and the fourth, while almost certainly of the Pleistocene age, is regarded as an unmodified natural object. It is argued that collectively these items serve to discount previous claims for Palaeolithic human presence. Radiocarbon dating of the human skeletal remains found, however, suggests the caves were a burial place in the Neolithic period. The paper makes extensive use of archive documentation to put the 1920s discoveries at Creag nan Uamh and their aftermath into historical context. Includes
Archaeology · Art · Cave · Context (archaeology · Documentation · Excavation · Geography · Human bone · Natural (archaeology · Period (music · Pleistocene · Radiocarbon dating · Stone Age · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
A review of the Scottish Mesolithic
Men of the Old Stone Age
Notice of the Excavation of two Caves, with remains of Early Iron Age Occupation, on the Estate of Archerfield, Dirleton
The 1926-7 excavations of the Creag nan Uamh bone caves, near Inchnadamph, Sutherland
Palaeolithic handaxes in Scotland
Preliminary Report on Caves containing Palaeolithic Relics, near Inchnadamph, Sutherland
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Holocene Variations in the Scottish Marine Radiocarbon Reservoir Effect
Account of the Excavations on Traprain Law during the Summer of 1923
Places Apart? Caves and Monuments in Neolithic and Earlier Bronze Age Britain
The Influence of Man on Animal Life in Scotland
More dating evidence for human remains in British caves
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |