scholarly journals Bayesian inference of human bone sample properties using ultrasonic reflected signals

2020 ◽  
Vol 148 (6) ◽  
pp. 3797-3808
Author(s):  
R. Roncen ◽  
Z. E. A. Fellah ◽  
E. Ogam
2019 ◽  
Vol 146 (3) ◽  
pp. 1629-1640
Author(s):  
R. Roncen ◽  
Z. E. A. Fellah ◽  
E. Piot ◽  
E. Ogam

2018 ◽  
Vol 147 ◽  
pp. 29-47
Author(s):  
Sue Anderson ◽  
Melanie Johnson ◽  
Ann Clarke ◽  
Mike Cressey ◽  
Mhairi Hastie

A large prehistoric pit was uncovered during a watching brief on a water main installation. The pit was partially stone-lined and two small scoops were identified at the base. These contained one complete and one partial Beaker vessel. The fills of the pit produced a small quantity of cremated human bone which represented a minimum of four individuals (three adults and a juvenile). Also mixed into the fills were sherds of other Beaker vessels, a few lithics, a stone axehead, and fragments of Neolithic pottery. Radiocarbon determinations produced early Neolithic dates for four samples of human bone and a grain of wheat, and one human bone sample produced a Bronze Age date later than the generally accepted currency of Beaker pottery production in Scotland. Interpretation of this strange collection of material is discussed with reference to Neolithic and Bronze Age burial practices; the evidence for the use of this pit in the Neolithic for cremation burial is a rare find and provides a valuable contribution to our understanding of this period and type of monument.


2005 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 85-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Meiklejohn ◽  
Deborah C. Merrett ◽  
Richard W. Nolan ◽  
Michael P. Richards ◽  
Paul A. Mellars

This paper examines the spatial distribution of the human bone sample excavated from the Mesolithic shell midden site of Cnoc Coig on Oronsay in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. Although no burials were recovered the information from the apparently isolated bone finds has been significant. Two types of bone group are distinguished, one that resembles the widely reported ‘loose bone’ phenomenon that is widely recognised from European Mesolithic sites. The other, represented by two bone groups at Cnoc Coig, is, at this time, restricted to western Scotland. It is dominated by hand and foot bones and appears to represent purposive behaviour. We concentrate our discussion on the latter phenomenon and place it within discussion of the nature of the later Mesolithic in western Scotland.


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Pal ◽  
H Blair ◽  
S Boyd ◽  
P Bakelis ◽  
A Elder ◽  
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