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dc.contributor.authorClarke, David Ven_UK
dc.contributor.authorSheridan, Alisonen_UK
dc.contributor.authorShepherd, Alexandraen_UK
dc.contributor.authorSharples, Niallen_UK
dc.contributor.authorArmour-Chelu, Mirandaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorHamlet, Lauraen_UK
dc.contributor.authorBronk Ramsey, Christopheren_UK
dc.contributor.authorDunbar, Elaineen_UK
dc.contributor.authorReimer, Paula Jen_UK
dc.contributor.authorMarshall, Peteren_UK
dc.contributor.authorWhittle, Alasdairen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-03T01:14:47Z-
dc.date.available2018-03-03T01:14:47Z-
dc.date.issued2016en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/26805-
dc.description.abstractAs part of a major international research project, The Times of Their Lives, a programme of radiocarbon dating and Bayesian modelling was undertaken to refine the chronology of activities in one small but important part of the extensive Late Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement on Links of Noltland on the island of Westray, Orkney. The selected area (Trench D) is well known for having produced, next to a wall, the remains of a heap of at least 15 red deer carcasses, on top of which had been placed a large cod, a gannet’s wing along with part of a greater black-backed gull, and a pair of large antlers. This remarkable deposit had been preceded by, and was followed by, periods of cultivation and the deposition of domestic refuse. Refined date estimates have been produced, based on 18 radiocarbon determinations obtained from 16 samples from Trench D (including nine newly obtained dates, three from individual deer in the heap). These clarify when, during this long sequence of activities, the deer were heaped up: probably in the 22nd century cal bc, around the same time as Beaker pottery was deposited elsewhere on the Links. This allows comparison between the dated activities in this part of the site with activity elsewhere on the Links and also with other episodes of deer deposition in 3rd-millennium cal bc Orkney. It encourages exploration of the possible reasons for what appears to be a remarkable act of structured deposition. The significance of an earlier, much larger scale deposit featuring cattle remains at Ness of Brodgar is discussed in exploring the nature of Orcadian society and practices during the second half of the 3rd millennium cal bc.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSociety of Antiquaries of Scotlanden_UK
dc.relationClarke DV, Sheridan A, Shepherd A, Sharples N, Armour-Chelu M, Hamlet L, Bronk Ramsey C, Dunbar E, Reimer PJ, Marshall P & Whittle A (2016) The end of the world, or just 'goodbye to all that'? Contextualising the red deer heap from Links of Noltland, Westray, within late 3rd-millennium cal BC Orkney. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 146, pp. 57-89. https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.146.1226en_UK
dc.rightsCopyright © 2017 rests with the Society and the individual authors. Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives licence. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ The permission to reproduce the Society's copyright-protected material does not extend to any material which is identified as being the copyright of a third party. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned.en_UK
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dc.titleThe end of the world, or just 'goodbye to all that'? Contextualising the red deer heap from Links of Noltland, Westray, within late 3rd-millennium cal BC Orkneyen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.9750/PSAS.146.1226en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleProceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotlanden_UK
dc.citation.issn0081-1564en_UK
dc.citation.volume146en_UK
dc.citation.spage57en_UK
dc.citation.epage89en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.citation.date23/11/2017en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationNational Museums Scotlanden_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationNational Museums Scotlanden_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationNational Museum of Scotlanden_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationCardiff Universityen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationHoward Universityen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBiological and Environmental Sciencesen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Oxforden_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationScottish Universities Environmental Research Centreen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationQueen's University Belfasten_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationHistoric Englanden_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationCardiff Universityen_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-85041632324en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid497547en_UK
dc.date.accepted2017-11-23en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2017-11-23en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2018-02-23en_UK
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rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
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local.rioxx.authorClarke, David V|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorSheridan, Alison|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorShepherd, Alexandra|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorSharples, Niall|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorArmour-Chelu, Miranda|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorHamlet, Laura|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorBronk Ramsey, Christopher|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorDunbar, Elaine|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorReimer, Paula J|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorMarshall, Peter|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorWhittle, Alasdair|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2018-02-23en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/|2018-02-23|en_UK
local.rioxx.filename3PSAS14657_89.pdfen_UK
local.rioxx.filecount1en_UK
local.rioxx.source0081-1564en_UK
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