Orkney 49
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Orkney

Interesting writing

tiompan T
tiompan Jan 29, 2011 17:37:12
Replying to Shelby Mustang

Shelby Mustang wrote:
bump again.

it would be nice to find out a little more. forgive my greeness yet again but i'm utterly blown away by the whole story of this.

can you tell me are these stones found regularly?

also what's the score as regards archaeologists offering to make a plaster replica? is this standard practice? i mean without appearing too crude is there a market for artifacts such as this?

infact all the questions you asked a little further up would rock.

Genuine examples of rock art have been popping up in Orkney in the past few years ,almost all due to excavation as the marked rocks in Orkney don't tend to be in the open air .
The particular type of markings that are similar to those on the stone tend to be found in some burial contexts and in Skara Brae . It's not standard practice for archaelogists to do plaster casts of such markings these days . Some saddo might want to buy it , but who would be that daft ?

R Resonox
Resonox Jan 30, 2011 08:26:37
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
Genuine examples of rock art have been popping up in Orkney in the past few years ,almost all due to excavation as the marked rocks in Orkney don't tend to be in the open air.The particular type of markings that are similar to those on the stone tend to be found in some burial contexts and in Skara Brae .
This stone appears to be in a modern kitchen context
tiompan wrote:
It's not standard practice for archaelogists to do plaster casts of such markings these days .
Cheers for answering Tiompan...the original poster it would seem has decided to avoid open airings(sorry.....lol) and questions for whatever reasons...leaving us all the more curious about the stone.
tiompan wrote:
Some saddo might want to buy it , but who would be that daft ?
Equally some saddo might want to forge it and pretend archeos were interested for selling purposes.....I still maintain archeos would be more interested in finding it's place of origin rather than putting a "stookie" on it!
(Tiompan will know that expression...lol)

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