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wideford 1037 posts |
Jul 27, 2010, 06:58
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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 ??
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moss 2023 posts |
Jul 27, 2010, 08:14
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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?
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tiompan 3169 posts |
Jul 27, 2010, 08:22
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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 .
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wideford 1037 posts |
Jul 27, 2010, 09:42
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plenty of ochres here from various sources
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wideford 1037 posts |
Jul 28, 2010, 09:25
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http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/nessofbrodgar/july2610.htm
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Littlestone 4381 posts |
Edited Jul 28, 2010, 13:46
Jul 28, 2010, 12:44
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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?).
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wideford 1037 posts |
Jul 28, 2010, 13:14
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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
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BuckyE 391 posts |
Jul 29, 2010, 11:48
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Love the picture of volunteer Melissa IN HER RAIN SLICKER!
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