Kinloch Farm Fields
The Mesolithic site Kinloch Farm Fields was found in 1984 during archaeological excavations in Kinloch on the island of Rhum , about 350 m northeast of Kinloch Castle . With this, early evidence of human activity was discovered in the Inner Hebrides Scotland . The investigation of the coastal dunes of Northton, on Harris , revealed the oldest archaeological evidence of Mesolithic activities on the western islands, in the form of two Kökkenmöddinger , whose first phase based on charred hazelnut shells from 7060 to 6650 BC. Was dated.
More than 8000 years ago people went to the island off the Scottish west coast to collect heliotrope ( English Bloodstone ) at the west end of Loch Scresort . The artefacts from Rhum were found at Mesolithic sites on Canna , Eigg and Skye , as well as in other places, some over 70 km away from Rhum.
The radiocarbon measurements on the 4500 m² site indicate human activity from 6600 BC. Chr. Burned hazelnut shells and thousands of stone chips from tool manufacture (some 1,800 / m² in size) and an arrowhead were found on the site. Holes in the floor indicate the position of huts, shelters or wind screens that served as housing.
literature
- Richard A. Gregory, Eileen M. Murphy, Mike J. Church, Kevin J. Edwards, Erika B. Guttmann, Derek DA Simpson: Archaeological evidence for the first Mesolithic occupation of the Western Isles of Scotland. In: The Holocene. Vol. 15, No. 7, 2005, ISSN 0959-6836 , pp. 944-950, doi : 10.1191 / 0959683605hl868ft .
Individual evidence
- ↑ A variety of chalcedony is called a heliotrope (from the Greek Ἥλιος “sun” and τροπή “turn, turn”, so “solstice”) or blood jasper.
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Coordinates: 57 ° 1 ′ 1.6 ″ N , 6 ° 16 ′ 33.3 ″ W.