Containment, closure and red deer: a Late Neolithic butchery site at Skaill Bay, Mainland, Orkney

Colin Richards; Ann Clarke; Clare Ingrem; Jaqui Mulville; Ingrid Mainland

doi:10.5284/1000184

Containment, closure and red deer: a Late Neolithic butchery site at Skaill Bay, Mainland, Orkney

Colin Richards, Ann Clarke, Clare Ingrem, Jaqui Mulville, Ingrid Mainland

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Abstract

Erosion of sand dunes in the Bay of Skaill, close to the Neolithic site at Skara Brae, exposed a spread of faunal remains and stone tools representing a Late Neolithic butchery site separated by a wall from a deposit of articulated red deer bone. This is an unusual and significant bone assemblage comprising both fragmented and articulated remains of red deer together with some domesticates. Also a whale
mandible was closely associated with the butchery area. An interpretation of the site incorporates a reappraisal of the role of red deer and cattle elsewhere in Late Neolithic Orkney.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	91-124.
Number of pages	34
Journal	Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Volume	145
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5284/1000184
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2016

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Richards, C., Clarke, A., Ingrem, C., Mulville, J., & Mainland, I. (2016). Containment, closure and red deer: a Late Neolithic butchery site at Skaill Bay, Mainland, Orkney. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 145, 91-124.. https://doi.org/10.5284/1000184

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