The excavation of two short cist burials at Broomlands, Kelso
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Creator (person)
McLaren, Dawn
Wilson, Donald
Date published
2015
Abstract
Two stone-built short cists were excavated in Broomlands, Kelso, by AOC Archaeology Group under the Historic Scotland Call-off Contract for Human Remains. A single poorly preserved adult inhumation was recovered from one cist, along with a small intrusive disc-shaped perforated oil shale object. The inhumation was dated to 2340–2120 cal BC. The second cist contained heavily damaged and fragmentary unburnt bones from two adults. Radiocarbon dates suggest one individual, the principal interment in the cist, dates to 2030–1750 BC and the second individual was interred much later, between 930 and 800 cal BC.
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Melikian, Melissa
Hunter, Fraser
Troalen, Lore
Journal title
Scottish Archaeological Journal
Volume
36-37
Issue
1
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
ISSN
0305-8980
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With contributions from Fraser Hunter and Lore Troalen.