Summary

Scandinavian Late Neolithic amber axe-shaped bead from a tumulus in Lanarkshire, 2450 - 2000 BC

Accession Number

X.EQ 109

Other references

Original description

COLLECTIONS FROM SEPULCHRAL DEPOSITS: Amber bead in the form of a perforated stone hammer-head, from a tumulus in Lanarkshire. Sim Collection.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

Sim Collection

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1882

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Sim Collection

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Vendor

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