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Two Previously Unrecorded Jadeite Axeheads from North-east Scotland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2014

Neil G.W. Curtis
Neil G.W. Curtis
Affiliation:
Marischal Museum, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB10 1YS
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The collections of Marischal Museum, University of Aberdeen include three jadeite axeheads (Fig. 1) which probably come from prehistoric Scottish contexts. This short note aims to bring them to the attention of others interested in these spectacular objects, in the hope that further work will help their place in Scottish prehistory to be better understood.

One of the axeheads (ABDUA:39404) has already been published (Murray, 1994, 104; Batey & King 1994, 25) and has been allocated number 107 by Murray (op. cit.) in the scheme set out by Jones et al. (1977). Under the Treasure Trove procedure it was allocated to Marischal Museum in 1994. The other two axeheads were only recognised after the acquisition of this specimen. One of these (ABDUA: 37080) was given to the museum by Sir Alexander Ogston in 1928. Previously it was in the collection of Dr Garden of Alford, having been found in the parish of Strathdon, Aberdeenshire. Since its discovery, this axehead has been hafted, probably by Ogston who presented nine other prehistoric implements with modern hafts to the museum.

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Shorter Contributions
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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 63 , 1997 , pp. 403 - 405
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1997

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