| Title: |
Palynological investigations at two Bronze Age burial sites in Fife
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| Issue: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 123 |
| Series: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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| Volume: |
123
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| Page Start/End: |
211 - 213 |
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| Licence Type: |
ADS Terms of Use and Access
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
During excavation of Bronze Age cists, samples were obtained for pollen analysis. One cist, at Upper Kenly Farm, Kingsbarns, yielded no particularly informative pollen. Material from two cists at Dalgety Bay yielded very low concentrations of pollen from grass, plantain, and, probably, hazel, but high concentrations of meadowsweet pollen. Flowers of meadowsweet were probably deposited in these graves at the time of burial; their absence from the Kenly burials may be because those burials took place in winter. |
| Year of Publication: |
1993
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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FUNERARY SITE
(Monument Type England)
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| Pollen (Auto Detected Subject) |
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FUNERARY SITE
(Monument Type England)
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GRAVE
(Monument Type England)
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| Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Hazel (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Source: |
ADS Archive
(ADS Archive)
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| Created Date: |
20 Jan 2002 |
