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- Roman Scotland[remove]6
- Glenmorangie Research Project1
- Hoards1
- Inveresk1
- Iron Age1
- Late Bronze Age 1
- Mithras1
- Morebattle, Scottish Borders1
- Roman conquest1
- Stirlingshire1
- analysing unusually small socketed axeheads from Scotland and northern England. For the first time, scientific techniques have been applied to these objects, including optical microscopy, X-ray fluorescence analysis and computed X-radiography, to inform assessments of wear analysis, material composition, manufacture and chronology. This presentation presents the findings and offers a broader discussion surrounding the changing function and meaning(s) of small socketed axeheads in later prehistoric Britain.1
- archaeological excavations1
- archaeological finds1
- bronze socketed axehead 1
- fortifications1
- frontiers1
- material culture1
- precious metal1
- research project 1
- silver1