Accession No

1927.570


Description

Perfectly round stone ball, originally identified as a hammerstone. Slight marks make a geometric shape on it: is it the first stage in the making of a carved stone ball?


Place

Europe; British Isles; Scotland; Forfarshire; Letham


Period

Neolithic


Source


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1927.570


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Analysis)
Chris Stewart-Moffitt, Bute Archaeology, examined all of MAA's carved stone balls in 2014 for his BA at Leicester University, for which he is compiling a database of all known such balls. He assigned it number CSB 201 for his digital database.
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Perfectly round stone ball, originally identified as a hammerstone.
Slight marks make a geometric shape on it: is it the first stage in the making of a carved stone ball?
Event Date 1927
Author: maa


Context (References)
Stewart-Moffitt, Chris L. (2016). Revised Typographical Classification for Carved Stone Balls. Unpublished manuscript.
(Three accompanying DVDs)
Event Date 2016
Author: Annie McKay


Context (Related Documents)
See Doc.424 for Chris Stewart-Moffitt revised typology of carved stone balls.
Event Date 28/8/2018
Author: Annie McKay


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