Bead

Description

Bead of burnt bone, roughly cuboidal in shape, slightly curved, with perforation, from the short cist cemetery at West Water Reservoir, West Linton, Borders, Early Bronze Age

Museum reference

X.1995.93.19

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Bead

Date

Early Bronze Age

Materials

Bone

Physical description

Bone, burnt; roughly cuboidal, slightly curved, with perforation; surface cracked longitudinally due to the fire

Collection place(s)

West Water Reservoir, West Linton, Peeblesshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

Hunter, Fraser, Excavation of an Early Bronze Age cemetery and other sites at West Water Reservoir, West Linton, Scottish Borders, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 130 (2000), 115-182

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record