Multi-Hollowed Cobble, Ness of Brodgar, Orkney3D Model
This multi-hollowed cobble was found on the edge of stone hearth in a late Neolithic (3200-2400 BC) building (Str. 14) on the Ness of Brodgar excavations, Stenness, Orkney, Scotland. This cube-shaped piece of Orcadian sandstone exhibits a shallow hollow on each face. These hollows exhibit a great deal of use-wear including many small linear marks. These may result from using these stones as anvils of working flint.
This model was produced for a Leverhulme Trust funded project ‘Working stone, making communities: technology and identity on prehistoric Orkney’. This model will feature on a web resource about Orcadian stone tools, which is currently under development.
SF 8048. Excavations directed by Nick Card, ORCA. For more info see: http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/nessofbrodgar/
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