Dalgety bone bead explained

Dalgety bone bead
Material:	Bone
Created:	Bronze Age
Discovered:	Dalgety, Fife, Scotland by Trevor Watkins

The Dalgety bone bead is a square sectioned, burnt bone fragment with a perforated hollow through the middle.^{[1] [2]}

It was found during archaeological excavations at Barns Farm, Dalgety, Fife, Scotland, in the context of an Early Bronze Age grave. The grave contained a single inhumed body in a coffin, accompanied by remains of three cremations. The bone bead was found amongst the burnt bone fragments of one of the cremations.^[3] It measures 32mm (oxidisation means the original length is unknown) and is suggested to date to the Bronze Age.^[1]

See also

• Patrickholme bone bead

Notes and References

1. Book: Margaret Ponting. Megalithic Callanish. Clive Ruggles. Records in Stone: Papers in Memory of Alexander Thom. 22 April 2011. 13 February 2003. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-53130-6. 423–441.
2. Book: Council for British Archaeology. Scottish Regional Group. Discovery and excavation in Scotland. 22 April 2011. 1973. Scottish Regional Group, Council for British Archaeology..
3. Book: Trevor Watkins. The excavation of an Early Bronze Age cemetery at Barns Farm, Dalgety, Fife.. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 112, 118-141. Illus. Fig.19 and Pl.9b..