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Cultivating the Divine: Ritual Deposition in Shetland Peat- Thurs 13th September 2012 by Andy B on Friday, 07 September 2012


Thursday 13th September at 19:30
Contact: Kirsty Clark, Shetland Museum & Archives.
Tel: 01595 695057
Where: Shetland Museum and Archives, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick, ZE1 0WP.

http://www.shetlandmuseumandarchives.org.uk

Jenny Murray, Curator of Collections, presents her findings on her recent research into the possibility of some Iron Age and Viking agricultural tools being buried as ritual offerings. Using typology and Radiocarbon dating, she assessed these objects to see if they were comparable to similar finds in Scandinavia and Scotland.


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