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A Cache of Flint Axeheads and Other Flint Artefacts from Auchenhoan, near Campbeltown, Kintyre, Scotland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2014

Alan Saville ,
Bill Flnlayson  and
Marion O'Neil
Alan Saville
Affiliation:
National Museums of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF
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Abstract

The unique discovery in Scotland of a cache of five flint axeheads and other flint artefacts is described and the contents analysed in detail. It is concluded that the cache represents artefacts imported from the north of Ireland during the Neolithic period. Two earlier finds of caches of flint artefacts from south-west Scotland are also described.

Résumé

On décrit l'unique découverte en Ecosse d'une cache contenant cinq têtes de haches et d'autres objets fabriqués en silex et on fait une analyse détaillée du contenu. On en conclut que la cache représente des objets importés du nord de l'Irlande pendant la période néolithique. On décrit également deux découvertes de caches plus anciennes contenant des objets en silex provenant du sud-ouest de l'Ecosse.

Zusammenfassung

Die einzigartige Entdeckung eines Versteckfundes von fünf Feuersteinäxten und anderen Feuersteinartefakten wird beschrieben und im Detail analysiert. Dabei wird der Schluss gezogen, dass der Versteckfund Artefakte darstellt, die aus dem Norden Irlands während der neolithischen Periode importiert wurden. Es werden in diesem Zusammenhang auch zwei frühere Versteckfunde von Feuersteinartefakten aus Südwest-Schottland beschrieben.

Résumen

Se describe el descubrimiento, único en Escocia, de un alijo de cinco hachas de sílex y otros útiles también en sílex, y se analiza su contenido en detalle. Se concluye que el alijo representa artefactos importados del norte de Irlanda durante el neolítico. El trabajo también describe dos hallazgos previos de alijos de artefactos de sílex en el suroeste de Escocia.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 65 , 1999 , pp. 83 - 123
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1999

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