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Description: | A8 location unknown, presumed to be [Scotland] as it has been grouped within the others from Scottish locations by TH Bryce [Scotland] cairn, Neolithic One of the collection of Bryce skulls, excavated from Arran in 1900. This was originally stored with a portion of temporal bone. However the two pieces are not from the same skull. The two pieces differ entirely in colour and weight and the sutures do not match.The piece of temporal bone does however, fit with skull A.1912.7 and has been placed back with the skull from which it originally came.The skull cannot be measured in any dimension due to its incomplete nature. It is also very light and delicate. An accurate age analysis could not be carried out due to the very imperfect and fragmentary nature of the skull. The specimen is probably that of a female.
The provenance of this skull is unknown but is presumed to be from Scotland, possible Arran. This is so because it has been grouped and numbered similar to the other skulls collected from Arran by Professor Bryce. The cranium may be one of the fragmentary ones referred to in Bryce's PSAS article (see refs). | 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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