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Human skeleton
‘Main parts of a skeleton of an adult, lying on their right side in a flexed position. Skull and lower leg bones not present. The skeleton is set on plaster, probably with newspaper packed underneath it, within a wooden box, set into a modern wooden crate. Remains surrounded by sand and accompanied by at least one stone artefact. Some bones are loose. Published as ‘Balevullin 3′ (Armit et al, 2015, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 81). Mann Collection.’ -
Human foot phalanx
‘One complete human foot phalanx, 1st distal, with deformed proximal articular surface – a sign of a joint disease. The bone is very porous and white in appearance. From the adult burial ARCHNN.2687, published as ‘Balevullin 3′ (Armit et al, 2015, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 81). Mann Collection.’ -
Human femur
‘One complete human right femur. Possibly from the burial published as ‘Balevullin 2′ (Armit et al, 2015, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 81). Mann Collection.’ -
Skeleton, pebble, sand
‘Human skeletal remains, 1 pebble fragment, 1 bag of sand. Human remains: 1 reconstructed skull, 1 skull fragment, 3 jaw fragments with teeth, 2 vertebrae, 1 vertebral fragment, 1 pelvis fragment, 1 possible pelvis fragment, 2 ulnas, 1 radius, 1 femur, 1 possible femoral head, 1 tibia, 1 fibula, 1 epiphysis,15 hand/foot bones, 4 foot bones, 9 possible foot bones, 1 small bone fragment, and 1 small bone. ‘Balevullin 3′ (Armit et al, 2015, Proc Preh Soc 81). Mann Collection.’ -
Human remains from an adult woman aged 17–25 from grave at Sorisdale found in 1976
Human remains from an adult woman aged 17–25 from grave at Sorisdale, Coll. Chalcolithic. Held in NMS.
References:
Ritchie, J.N.G. & Crawford, J. (1978) Excavations at Sorisdale and Killunaig, Coll. PSAS 109 (1977‒78): 75‒84
Sheridan, J.A. (2007) Scottish Beaker dates: the good, the bad and the ugly. In M. Larsson & M. Parker Pearson (eds), From Stonehenge to the Baltic: living with cultural diversity in the 3rd millennium BC, 91‒123. Oxford: BAR S1692.
Burleigh, R., Ambers, J. & Matthews, K. (1982) British Museum natural radiocarbon measurements XV. Radiocarbon 24, 262‒90
Parker Pearson, M., Sheridan, A. et al. (2019) The Beaker People. Isotopes, mobility and diet in prehistoric Britain. Oxford: Prehistoric Society Research Paper 7, 92-93, 159-160, 395, 419, 427, 445
Ashmore, P. (1997b) ‘Radiocarbon dates from archaeological sites in Argyll and Arran’, in Ritchie, G, The archaeology of Argyll. Edinburgh. Page(s): 238 RCAHMS Shelf Number: E.2.1.RIT
RCAHMS. (1980a) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Argyll: an inventory of the monuments volume 3: Mull, Tiree, Coll and Northern Argyll (excluding the early medieval and later monuments of Iona). Edinburgh. Page(s): 64, No. 82 plan, fig. 38 RCAHMS Shelf Number: A.1.1.INV/21
Ritchie and Crawford, J N G and J. (1980) ‘Recent work on Coll and Skye (i) Excavations at Sorisdale and Killunaig, Coll’, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, vol. 109, 1977-8. Page(s): 75-82 fig. 2
Ritchie, G. (1997c) ‘Early settlement in Argyll’, in Ritchie, G, The archaeology of Argyll. Edinburgh. Page(s): 46 RCAHMS Shelf Number: E.2.1.RIT
DES entry:
‘Sorisdale, Coll
BURIAL AND HOUSE
NM 272638. An inhumation associated with an All-Over-Corded Beaker was recovered from a shallow grave, which had been dug through a thin layer of midden material. Immediately W of the grave were some slight remains of a sub-circular house, possibly contemporary with the grave and midden. (Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1976, p. 83)’
See also: ‘A Summary Round-up List of Scottish Archaeological Human Remains that have been Sampled/Analysed as of January 2019’ in DES 19.
See also: Armit, I., Sheridan, J.A., Reich, D., Cook, G. and Naysmith, P. in press. Radiocarbon dates obtained for the GENSCOT ancient DNA project. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 17.