Scotland’s First Settlers

Section 3

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Table 145
bone id	taxon	element	modification	notes
mammal
topsoil
SFS4-148	unidentified	unidentified	cut	series fine parallel cut marks along length of frag
SFS4-147	unidentified	unidentified	cut & worked	fine irregular cut marks & striations visible at rounded end
SFS4-19	unidentified	unidentified	worked	bevel-ended
SFS4-2065	wild boar	calcaneum	cut?	possible small parallel cuts above distal end
SFS4-15726	unidentified	unidentified	worked?	possible flaking of end of fragment
SFS4-166	unidentified	unidentified	worked?	possible rounded end
SFS4-4	unidentified	unidentified	worked	bevel-ended
SFS4-3614	unidentified	unidentified	cut	three cut marks
SFS4-22	unidentified	unidentified	worked	bevel-ended
SFS4-3268	unidentified	shaft	cut	small medio-lateral cut mark across shaft
SFS4-3257	unidentified	unidentified	cut
SFS4-203	unidentified	unidentified	worked?	possible striations & slight bevelling at one end of frag
Total 12
main shell midden
SFS4-6	unidentified	unidentified	cut & worked	rounded at both ends, shallow cut marks on one side
SFS4-393	large mammal	metapodial	worked	bevelling at one end, working to point at other
SFS4-149	unidentified	unidentified	worked?	slightly abraded at tip
SFS4-6993	Bos sp.	axis	cut	metal cut mark on condyle and chop
SFS4-3193	large mammal	shaft	worked	rounded at end
SFS4-13877	unidentified	shaft	cut	2 parallel cut marks
SFS4-574	unidentified	unidentified	worked?	possible working
SFS4-418	unidentified	unidentified	worked?	bevel-ended but striations ambiguous
SFS4-193	unidentified	unidentified	worked	rounded end
SFS4-16	red deer	antler	worked?	some abrasion but unclear if from human use
SFS4-394	unidentified	shaft	worked	bevel-ended
SFS4-3188	large mammal	shaft	worked	bevel-ended
SFS4-3172	red deer	antler	worked	evidence of use at end of tine – shine & abrasion
SFS4-25	unidentified	unidentified	worked	bevel-ended both ends
SFS4-3189	large mammal	shaft	worked	roughly bevel-ended, looks worked as for lithic
SFS4-3190	large mammal	shaft	worked?	possibly broken to point
SFS4-20	red deer	metatarsal	cut	series fine medio-lateral cut marks at proximal end
SFS4-379	red deer	phalanx 2	cut	small but clear dorsal-ventral cut mark at proximal end
SFS4-1884	red deer	antler	worked	tips of antler worked and also at base
SFS4-3179	unidentified	unidentified	cut
SFS4-151	unidentified	unidentified	cut	cut across length of frag
SFS4-23	large mammal	scapula	cut
SFS4-23	large mammal	scapula	cut	fine cut marks over curve of blade edge
SFS4-7	red deer	radius	chop?	chop/split towards proximal epiphysis on posterior side
SFS4-3185	large mammal	shaft	worked	bevel-ended
SFS4-3194	large mammal	shaft	worked	bevel-ended
SFS4-3186	large mammal	shaft	worked	bevel-ended
SFS4-400	unidentified	unidentified	worked	bevelled at both ends
SFS4-13879	unidentified	unidentified	cut	6 parallel cut marks
SFS4-15	unidentified	unidentified	worked	bevel-ended, striations visible
SFS4-14	red deer	antler	worked?	abrasion at tine tip possibly from use
SFS4-13	unidentified	unidentified	worked	rounded abraded end
SFS4-12	red deer	metapodial	chop?
SFS4-3538	red deer	pelvis	cut	3 fine cut marks across ventral surface, zone 5
SFS4-573	unidentified	unidentified	worked	small frag worked to cylindrical shape and point
organic rich
SFS4-401	red deer	antler	worked	bevel-ended
SFS4-399	unidentified	unidentified	worked	bevel-ended
SFS4-3250	red deer	phalanx 3	cut?	possible dorsal-ventral cut mark/carnivore gnaw on medial side, zone 1
shell midden
SFS4-3763	unidentified	unidentified	worked	bevel-ended
sandy soil
SFS4-3764	unidentified	unidentified	worked?	high degree of polish but unclear if worked
SFS4-3191	large mammal	metapodial	worked	roughly bevel-ended, looks worked as for lithic
SFS4-3221	unidentified	shaft	worked	bevel-ended
SFS4-3213	unidentified	shaft	worked	bevel-ended
unprov
SFS4-6969	unidentified	rib	cut	deep cut mark towards articular end of rib
Total 56
bird
topsoil
SFS4-4120	razorbill or guillemot	humerus	cut	medio-lateral cut mark below proximal head, fine scratches visible over entire shaft
main shell midden
SFS4-5052	razorbill or guillemot	humerus	cut	medio-lateral cut mark c.2 mm on medial surface of shaft & 2 parallel cut marks on head
SFS4-4282	razorbill or guillemot	ulna	cut	4 very fine, sporadic cut marks, approx medio-laterally, along shaft
slopewash
SFS4-4328	razorbill or guillemot	humerus	cut?	possible cut mark below crista lateralis of proximal head
Total 4
fish
main shell midden
SFS4-6028	ballan wrasse	caudal vertebra	cut?
Total 1

Table 145: Sand, Butchery evidence (all classes of bone