Mithen, S. J. and Wicks, K. (2015). The voyagers of Rubha Port an t-Seilich. British Archaeology 145. Vol 145, pp. 24-29.
 Title The title of the publication or report |
The voyagers of Rubha Port an t-Seilich | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Subtitle The sub title of the publication or report |
the discovery of Late Glacial hunters on Islay | |||||
Issue The name of the volume or issue |
British Archaeology 145 | |||||
Series The series the publication or report is included in |
British Archaeology | |||||
Volume Volume number and part |
145 | |||||
Number of Pages The number of pages in the publication or report |
66 | |||||
Page Start/End The start and end page numbers. |
24 - 29 | |||||
Biblio Note This is a Bibliographic record only. |
Please note that this is a bibliographic record only, as originally entered into the BIAB database. The ADS have no files for download, and unfortunately cannot advise further on where to access hard copy or digital versions. | |||||
Publication Type The type of publication - report, monograph, journal article or chapter from a book |
Journal | |||||
Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report |
Archaeologists from the University of Reading undertook a fieldwork campaign, excavating Mesolithic sites on the isles of Tiree, Coll and Mull in the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland. They investigated a report of the discovery of stone artefacts at Rubha Port an t-Seilich on the east coast of the Isle of Islay, and this led to excavation of the site in 2013. An abundance of Mesolithic artefacts was found, some in situ on a Mesolithic floor, along with a fireplace that had been repeatedly re-used. However, a small deposit of sediment that predated the hearth was found to contain artefacts that appeared to be of much earlier origin. This article describes the discovery and the subsequent research undertaken to verify the nature of the artefacts and their date. It is concluded that these are about 12,000 years old and of the Late Glacial Ahrensburgian culture. The hunter--gatherers who made the artefacts must have reached the area by boat. Although the discovery is not the first evidence for Late Glacial people in Scotland, these are the first artefacts of this period to have been recovered from a stratified sequence. LD | |||||
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
2015 | |||||
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. |
|
|||||
Source Where the record has come from or which dataset it was orginally included in. |
BIAB
(biab_online)
|
|||||
Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered |
26 Dec 2015 |
