Greig, M. K. (2016). A cremation pit at Howford, Strichen, Aberdeenshire. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 146. Vol 146, pp. 91-102. https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.146.1208. Cite this via datacite

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A cremation pit at Howford, Strichen, Aberdeenshire
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Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 146
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Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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146
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91 - 102
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A small emergency excavation was undertaken under extreme conditions in 1984 after receiving a report that a Bronze Age urn was visible in an eroded embankment after a heavy frost. Cremated remains of a female adult and infant, 11 burnt flints, a possible fragment of ivory and five pierced clay ornaments were subsequently recovered from the remains of a cremation pit, but no urn was recorded. A radiocarbon determination 3510 ± 30 bp (SUERC-33727) was obtained from birchwood charcoal within the pit and a date from oak charcoal of 3600 ± 30 bp (SUERC-33728). Unfortunately, a few of these artefacts have been mislaid since deposition in a museum so were unavailable for analysis. The same site produced two other cremation pits, one in 1970 and another later in 1986, which produced a date of 3460 ± 35 bp (GrA-28622), suggesting a larger cemetery exists.
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Moira K Greig
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Sue Anderson (Author contributing) ORCID icon
Ann Clarke (Author contributing)
Mike Cressey (Author contributing)
Jacqueline I McKinley (Author contributing)
Dawn McLaren (Author contributing)
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2016
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Site: Howford Farm
Place: Strichen
County: Aberdeenshire
Country: Scotland
Country: United Kingdom
Grid Reference: 395385, 854725 (Easting, Northing)
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CREMATION PIT (Monument Type England)
Clay ornaments (Find)
HUMAN REMAINS (Object England)
Cinerary urn (Find)
Unidentified flint (Find)
Cremation cemetery (Monus)
ivory fragment (Find)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
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URI: http://www.socantscot.org/publications/psas/
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23 Nov 2017