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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Neolithic Orkney

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