'Exciting' stone age discoveries in the Cairngorms
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New research has uncovered rare evidence of people living in Scotland's mountains after the end of the last Ice Age.
Archaeologists found stone tools and traces of firepits and possible shelters in Deeside in the Cairngorms.
Finds from the Mesolithic period, also known as the Middle Stone Age, are rare and usually made in lowland areas.
Archaeologists describe the evidence in the Cairngorms as "exciting".
The research, published in the Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, adds to existing evidence from a handful of other upland sites.
These include on the mountain Ben Lawers in Perthshire and at locations in Lanarkshire and Dumfries.
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image captionStone tools were among the finds made by the team
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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-56661834
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The first thing that stands out, to me at least, the pieces on the bottom row, is the triangular shape of not just the perimeter of the piece but the flat surface is a triangle and is a consistent feature among all three pieces. I find a lot of "worked" stone pieces in my rockhounding adventures, these are really interesting in their specific construction and consistency in shape considering their alleged age.
Great post! 