Lost and found twice: Discussion of an early post-glacial single-edged tanged point from Brodgar on Orkney, Scotland
Over the last few decades it has been shown that Scotland was settled – or at least occasionally visited – during the late Upper Palaeolithic period. The finds include diagnostic artefacts of Hamburgian, Federmesser and Ahrensburgian typology, but since Livens’ presentation in 1956 of three tanged a...
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| description | Over the last few decades it has been shown that Scotland was settled – or at least occasionally visited – during the late Upper Palaeolithic period. The finds include diagnostic artefacts of Hamburgian, Federmesser and Ahrensburgian typology, but since Livens’ presentation in 1956 of three tanged arrowheads from Scotland, it has also been discussed whether northern Britain was settled or visited from the north-east, by groups belonging to the Scandinavian Fosna-Hensbacka complex. Only one of the three arrowheads presented by Livens appeared to be a Fosna-Hensbacka point, but this piece was lost immediately after the paper in which it was initially summarily described was published. However, this point – originally found at Brodgar on Orkney – has now been refound, and the authors hope that their detailed characterization and discussion of the object’s date and affinity will allow the question of a possible Upper Palaeolithic-Early Mesolithic connection across Doggerland to be addressed in a more authoritative manner. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a1eafb2c94b24c45906255606250e6fa2023-08-28T14:27:57ZengUniversity of EdinburghJournal of Lithic Studies2055-04722016-03-0131315010.2218/jls.v3i1.13931393Lost and found twice: Discussion of an early post-glacial single-edged tanged point from Brodgar on Orkney, ScotlandTorben Bjarke Ballin0Hein Bjartmann Bjerck11. Lithic Research, Stirlingshire; 2. Honorary Research Fellow, University of Bradford, Bradford.The University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), TrondheimOver the last few decades it has been shown that Scotland was settled – or at least occasionally visited – during the late Upper Palaeolithic period. The finds include diagnostic artefacts of Hamburgian, Federmesser and Ahrensburgian typology, but since Livens’ presentation in 1956 of three tanged arrowheads from Scotland, it has also been discussed whether northern Britain was settled or visited from the north-east, by groups belonging to the Scandinavian Fosna-Hensbacka complex. Only one of the three arrowheads presented by Livens appeared to be a Fosna-Hensbacka point, but this piece was lost immediately after the paper in which it was initially summarily described was published. However, this point – originally found at Brodgar on Orkney – has now been refound, and the authors hope that their detailed characterization and discussion of the object’s date and affinity will allow the question of a possible Upper Palaeolithic-Early Mesolithic connection across Doggerland to be addressed in a more authoritative manner.http://journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/article/view/1393late upper palaeolithic-early mesolithicahrensburgianfosna-hensbackasingle-edged pointstanged pointsnorwayorkneyscotlandcross-doggerland connectionspost-glacial recolonization |
| spellingShingle | Torben Bjarke Ballin Hein Bjartmann Bjerck Lost and found twice: Discussion of an early post-glacial single-edged tanged point from Brodgar on Orkney, Scotland Journal of Lithic Studies late upper palaeolithic-early mesolithic ahrensburgian fosna-hensbacka single-edged points tanged points norway orkney scotland cross-doggerland connections post-glacial recolonization |
| title | Lost and found twice: Discussion of an early post-glacial single-edged tanged point from Brodgar on Orkney, Scotland |
| title_full | Lost and found twice: Discussion of an early post-glacial single-edged tanged point from Brodgar on Orkney, Scotland |
| title_fullStr | Lost and found twice: Discussion of an early post-glacial single-edged tanged point from Brodgar on Orkney, Scotland |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lost and found twice: Discussion of an early post-glacial single-edged tanged point from Brodgar on Orkney, Scotland |
| title_short | Lost and found twice: Discussion of an early post-glacial single-edged tanged point from Brodgar on Orkney, Scotland |
| title_sort | lost and found twice discussion of an early post glacial single edged tanged point from brodgar on orkney scotland |
| topic | late upper palaeolithic-early mesolithic ahrensburgian fosna-hensbacka single-edged points tanged points norway orkney scotland cross-doggerland connections post-glacial recolonization |
| url | http://journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/article/view/1393 |
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