Four thousand year old sheepskin recovered from burial cist in Sutherland - BAJR - 30th August 2013
Quote:When a prehistoric burial was accidentally discovered in September 2011 during the construction of a septic tank at Spinningdale in Sutherland, GUARD Archaeology were called out to investigate and made an extraordinary find.
Through Historic Scotlandâs Human Remain Call-Off Contract, the GUARD Archaeology team, led by Iraia Arabaolaza, were commissioned to excavate a stone cist, built within a substantial pit, containing the remains of a crouched inhumation of a middle-aged adult female (35-50 years) with signs of spinal joint disease.
now tell me this is not a juicy find!
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/08/2013/four-thousand-year-old-sheepskin-recovered-from-burial-cist-in-sutherland
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