I bet you a pound that there is 'evidence of ritual practice'. It must be great being an archaeologist, never having to say 'I don't know what this means'...:-) Cheers Steven ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Ireland" <r.reland@tiscali.co.uk> To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 7:09 PM Subject: Re: [<orcadia>] Skeleton discovered at Minehowe > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sigurd Towrie" <sigurd@orkneyjar.com> > To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 9:37 PM > Subject: [<orcadia>] Skeleton discovered at Minehowe > > > > Some stop press news. > > > > Archaeologists returned to Minehowe > > (http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/minehowe) for a fourth season last week. > > Returning to the site of an Iron Age metalworking structure > > (http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/minehowe2003.htm) outside the ditch > > surrounding the underground chamber itself, they have begun to unearth the > > remains of a complete skeleton. > > > > The burial took place well after the building was constructed and saw a > > grave being dug in the floor of the "workshop" and the body interred. > After > > the grave was covered over the work continued in the structure as normal. > > > > It's early days yet. Only the pelvis, lower backbone, legs and segments of > > the arms were visible today, so the sex and age of the deceased is not yet > > known. However, given the scarcity of Iron Age burials in Scotland, let > > > alone Orkney, the archeologists are very exciting. > > Hmm now that's interesting, whats so exiting about them then. > > > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >
Is this ritual practice between the archaeologists ?.... strange breed! Clinton On 11/08/2004, at 9:06 AM, <steven@kw15.co.uk> wrote: > I bet you a pound that there is 'evidence of ritual practice'. > > It must be great being an archaeologist, never having to say 'I don't > know > what this means'...:-) > > Cheers > Steven > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Ireland" <r.reland@tiscali.co.uk> > To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 7:09 PM > Subject: Re: [<orcadia>] Skeleton discovered at Minehowe > > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Sigurd Towrie" <sigurd@orkneyjar.com> >> To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 9:37 PM >> Subject: [<orcadia>] Skeleton discovered at Minehowe >> >> >>> Some stop press news. >>> >>> Archaeologists returned to Minehowe >>> (http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/minehowe) for a fourth season last > week. >>> Returning to the site of an Iron Age metalworking structure >>> (http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/minehowe2003.htm) outside the > ditch >>> surrounding the underground chamber itself, they have begun to >>> unearth > the >>> remains of a complete skeleton. >>> >>> The burial took place well after the building was constructed and >>> saw a >>> grave being dug in the floor of the "workshop" and the body interred. >> After >>> the grave was covered over the work continued in the structure as > normal. >>> >>> It's early days yet. Only the pelvis, lower backbone, legs and >>> segments > of >>> the arms were visible today, so the sex and age of the deceased is >>> not > yet >>> known. However, given the scarcity of Iron Age burials in Scotland, >>> let >> >>> alone Orkney, the archeologists are very exciting. >> >> Hmm now that's interesting, whats so exiting about them then. >> >> >> >> >> ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== >> To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the >> word >> 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >> > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the > word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com > >
The skeleton was completely uncovered this morning. Full story at http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/minehoweburial.htm Also new today is and article on a new dig at the site of the Skaill Viking Hoard (http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/snusgar.htm) -- Sigurd Towrie Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk