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Description: | B5 Auchentirie, [north Bute, North Ayrshire], [Scotland] cist 1, within a cairn Bronze One of the collection of Bryce skulls, excavated from Bute in 1903. Professor Bryce excavated the site of Auchentirie in 1903 as part of his excavations of the Isle of Bute. There are three cists in total at Auchentirie and Bryce excavated all of them. The skull was excavated from cist no.1 and is an example of a Bronze Age short cist within a cairn. Bryce added the metal bar as an artificial mesial plane in order to carry out his routine cranial measurements. The shape of the skull could not be determined, and the skull was very heavy in comparison to its size. The skull probably belongs to that of a more advanced adult female. This is due to the almost complete suture obliteration noted during the age scoring process. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | HUMAN_REMAINS_SCOTLAND : INTERMENT HUMAN : SKULL : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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