Neolithic human figure found in Orkney

[dogwood]

Thought this might be of some interest to you:

http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/noltlandfigure.htm

This makes the third -- and oldest -- neolithic figure found in Britain.

 

[Cromm]

WoW. Now that is cooooooollll.

 

[welshwhit]

Very interesting that!

Drew

 

[tjwuk]

Crikey, I first thought it was going to be massive, then scrolled down!

Looks to me more a type of childs toy. Good find though.

 

[jonnno]

No mention in the article of a suspected date?

 

[dogwood]

No mention in the article of a suspected date?

The neolithic was a little more than 11,000 years ago.

It was during this period people began to establish more permanent settlements and farming began to really take hold.

 

[AntoninoRusso123]

it looks similar to pieces that were found in malta, over there they were representations of one of there gods, "mother earth"

maybe there is a link between the two civilasations, no one will ever know.

Cool little carving though!!!!!!

 

[Toddy]

The neolithic was a little more than 11,000 years ago.

It was during this period people began to establish more permanent settlements and farming began to really take hold.

In Scotland the Neolithic is considered to begin c4,000 bce.

The ice only melted away on Rannoch Moor about 8,000 bce.

Little pieces like this are always open to interpretation.
The shaping of the neck would allow a cord to fasten securely around the stone. It might be jewellery, a bulla, a game piece, a miniature icon, a 'lares and penates' type piece. be interesting to see how it is finally placed in context.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Bushcraftsman]

WOW thats really interesting, I bet there are loads of similar carvings littered around our country that we just mistake as rocks/pebbles etc on a regular basis!

great story thanks

 

[dogwood]

In Scotland the Neolithic is considered to begin c4,000 bce.

The ice only melted away on Rannoch Moor about 8,000 bce.

Toddy, thanks for the regional correction!

I didn't realize Scotland had such late glacial cover.

 

[Toddy]

It's one of those anomalies, we believe that there were at least hunting parties visiting (we were still joined by the land bridge to mainland Europe) despite the ice cover, it was probably riven with water flows anyway. Farming settlements seem to come late to these islands though.
Parts of Scotland are still rising from the removal of the weight of the glaciers, even today.

The dates you give are right for the Neolithic farming revolution, but at it's roots in the Fertile Crescent..........I'm told that similar dates hold true for S. America, China, Korea, India and Africa...........Australia doesn't seem to for some reason Maybe they didn't need the extra resources farming provided ?

There are archaeologist today who still kind of consider the Roman's attempted conquest
as the Iron Age here

We talk of the Pictish Kingdoms as the structured societies that grew as a response to the pressure of the Romans and then the Angles upon the Iron Age tribes of Alba/ Caledon. They were stronger as 'nation' than as 'tribe' or 'clan'.

cheers,
Toddy