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dc.contributor.authorHoole, M
dc.contributor.authorSheridan, JA
dc.contributor.authorBoyle, A
dc.contributor.authorBooth, T
dc.contributor.authorBrace, S
dc.contributor.authorDiekmann, Y
dc.contributor.authorOlalde, I
dc.contributor.authorThomas, M
dc.contributor.authorBarnes, I
dc.contributor.authorEvans, J
dc.contributor.authorChenery, C
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-29T15:47:14Z
dc.date.available2019-08-29T15:47:14Z
dc.date.issued21/11/2018
dc.date.submitted2019-08-29
dc.identifier.citationHoole, M, Sheridan, A, Boyle, A, Booth, T, Brace, S, Diekmann, Y, Olalde, I, Thomas, M, Barnes, I, Evans, J, Chenery, C, Sloane, H, Morrison, H, Fraser, S, Timpany, S and Hamilton, D 2018 ‘“Ava”: a Beaker-associated woman from a cist at Achavanich, Highland, and the story of her (re-)discovery and subsequent study’,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 147: 73-118. DOI: https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.147.1250en_US
dc.identifier.issn0081-1564
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.147.1250
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10141/622565
dc.description.abstractThis contribution describes the discovery and subsequent investigation of a cist in a rock-cut pit at Achavanich, Highland. Discovered and excavated in 1987, the cist was found to contain the tightly contracted skeletal remains of a young woman, accompanied by a Beaker, three flint artefacts and a cattle scapula. Initial post excavation work established a date for the skeleton together with details of her age and sex, and preliminary pollen analysis of sediments attaching to the Beaker was undertaken. The findings were never fully published and, upon the death of the excavator, Robert Gourlay, the documentary archive was left in the Highland Council Archaeology Unit. Fresh research in 2014–17, initiated and co-ordinated by the first-named author and funded by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland with assistance from National Museums Scotland, the Natural History Museum and Harvard Medical School, has produced a significant amount of new information on the individual and on some of the items with which she was buried. This new information includes two further radiocarbon dates, a more detailed osteological report, isotopic information pertaining to the place where she had been raised and to her diet, histological information on the decomposition of her body, and genetic information that sheds light on her ancestry, her hair, eye and skin colour and her intolerance of lactose. (This is the first time that an ancient DNA report has been published in the Proceedings.) Moreover, a facial reconstruction adds virtual flesh to her bones. The significance of this discovery within the Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age of this part of Scotland is discussed, along with the many and innovative ways in which information on this individual, dubbed ‘Ava’, has been disseminated around the world.en_US
dc.publisherSociety of Antiquaries of Scotlanden_US
dc.rightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.title'Ava’: a Beaker-associated woman from a cist at Achavanich, Highland, and the story of her (re-) discovery and subsequent studyen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.identifier.journalProceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotlanden_US
dc.identifier.volume147en_US
dc.identifier.startpage73 - 118en_US
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pubs.organisational-group/Natural History Museum/Science Group/Earth Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Natural History Museum/Science Group/Earth Sciences/Vertebrates and Anthropology Palaeobiology
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dc.embargoNot knownen_US
elements.import.authorHoole, Men_US
elements.import.authorSheridan, JAen_US
elements.import.authorBoyle, Aen_US
elements.import.authorBooth, Ten_US
elements.import.authorBrace, Sen_US
elements.import.authorDiekmann, Yen_US
elements.import.authorOlalde, Ien_US
elements.import.authorThomas, Men_US
elements.import.authorBarnes, Ien_US
elements.import.authorEvans, Jen_US
elements.import.authorChenery, Cen_US
dc.description.nhmCopyright © 2018 rests with the Society and the individual authors. Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CreativeCommons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives licence.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ The permission to reproduce the Society's copyright-protected ma-terial does not extend to any material which is identified as being the copyright of a third party. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned. The attached file is the published pdf.en_US
dc.description.nhmNHM Repository
dc.subject.nhmCisten_US
dc.subject.nhmBeakeren_US
dc.subject.nhmHuman remainsen_US
dc.subject.nhmFlint implementen_US
dc.subject.nhmAnimal boneen_US
dc.subject.nhmAchavanichen_US
dc.subject.nhmCaithnessen_US
dc.subject.nhmHighlanden_US
dc.subject.nhmScotlanden_US
dc.subject.nhmUKen_US
refterms.dateFOA2019-08-29T15:47:15Z


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