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"Sling-shots and shaman: The archaeological enigma of Pictish painted pebbles"

Article to be found in Culture24

http://www.culture24.org.uk/hi[...]enigma-Pictish-painted-pebbles

Interesting bit on tools used.

"To reproduce the perfect circles seen on the Buckquoy pebble, two ‘tools’ were used: the shaft of a large seagull feather cut in half, and the hollow stalk of Wild Angelica, both of which were used with good precision to duplicate the original designs."


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moss
Posted by moss
11th July 2014ce
08:08