Summary

Tooth remains most likely to have come from a child, adolescent or young adult, from the short cist cemetery at West Water Reservoir, West Linton, Peeblesshire, Early Bronze Age

Accession Number

X.1995.93.1

Other references

Original description

Finds from excavations at West Water Reservoir, West Linton, Peeblesshire. Type of site: Short cist cemetery. Date: Early Bronze Age. Finds from the Early Bronze Age cemetery (area A). [EQ 1027] Tooth remains, cist 1 (= sf 12). An area of tooth enamel recovered on the cist floor in the south-west quadrant demonstrated the former presence of a crouched inhumation with the head to the west; its disposition suggested the body faced south. The small fragments of enamel come almost entirely from the sides of the crowns of posterior teeth, but the exact teeth cannot be identified, nor the precise surfaces of the crowns. The appearance of some fragments suggests that the teeth had not been heavily worn. This individual is most likely to have been a child, an adolescent or a young adult.

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

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Excavated

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

West Water Reservoir, West Linton, Peeblesshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1995

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Agent

Image

None