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wideford
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painted walls a first ?
Jul 27, 2010, 06:58
Painted walls found Friday[http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/radioorkney.asp from 9 or 10 a.m. 27th July to approx 8 a.m. 28th July 2010] are apparently a first for Britain and possibly even northern Europe - unless someone here knows different ??
moss
moss
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Re: painted walls a first ?
Jul 27, 2010, 08:14
wideford wrote:
Painted walls found Friday[http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/radioorkney.asp from 9 or 10 a.m. 27th July to approx 8 a.m. 28th July 2010] are apparently a first for Britain and possibly even northern Europe - unless someone here knows different ??


No, but it says that they used a mixture of iron ore mixed with animal fat, eggs or milk. Is there any ochre on the Scottish Isles Wideford?
tiompan
tiompan
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Re: painted walls a first ?
Jul 27, 2010, 08:22
moss wrote:
wideford wrote:
Painted walls found Friday[http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/radioorkney.asp from 9 or 10 a.m. 27th July to approx 8 a.m. 28th July 2010] are apparently a first for Britain and possibly even northern Europe - unless someone here knows different ??


No, but it says that they used a mixture of iron ore mixed with animal fat, eggs or milk. Is there any ochre on the Scottish Isles Wideford?


Ochre was used at Skara Brae .
wideford
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Re: painted walls a first ?
Jul 27, 2010, 09:42
plenty of ochres here from various sources
wideford
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Re: painted walls a first ? pic
Jul 28, 2010, 09:25
http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/nessofbrodgar/july2610.htm
Littlestone
Littlestone
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Edited Jul 28, 2010, 13:46
Re: painted walls a first ? pic
Jul 28, 2010, 12:44


Exciting stuff wideford - thanks! I got this link but the first one wouldn't work for some reason. The last line here rang a bell as I'm sure that possibility was mentioned years ago on TMA.

Although many archaeologists believe that the monochrome prehistoric world revealed through excavation must have been in truth techni-coloured – what these discoveries do, is bring these beliefs into sharp relief and reveal a multi-coloured Neolithic world where colour was not limited to perhaps personal adornment, clothes and artefacts but was also used to decorate structures (perhaps even as Chris imagined above standing stones?).
wideford
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Re: painted walls a first ? pic
Jul 28, 2010, 13:14
and now a collapsed/destroyed slate roof - I wonder if this happened in other slate areas like Wales fr instance, certainly shows how restricted theories of prehistoric construction are
BuckyE
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Re: painted walls a first ? pic
Jul 29, 2010, 11:48
Love the picture of volunteer Melissa IN HER RAIN SLICKER!
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