Biotite Carved Stone Balls

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Carved stone balls make sense when seen as one of a suite of fancy weapons used as symbols of power, operating in a society where competitive elite display was an important aspect of the 'vocabulary of esteem ' (ScArf National framework 2020). In 2022 ScArfe considers carved stone balls to be part of a 'suite of fancy weapons', offensive ...

Biotite is often mistaken for gold by inexperienced gold panners. When sunlight strikes small flakes of Biotite in a gold pan, it produces a brilliant bronze-colored reflection that …

Carved stone ball of biotite-granite, with seven knobs, from Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Accession No.: X.AS 108 Period/Date: Late Neolithic, c.3000-2500 BC Material: Biotite-granite Diameter: 71mm Weight: 352g. …

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APPENDIX DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHTS OF CARVED STONE BALLS The average or mean dimension for carved stone balls is usually quoted as 70mm, following Marshall's rather casual statement WKDW ¶WKUHH KXQGUHG DQG VHYHQW ÀYH RI WKHVH balls are much the same size, with a diameter of about 70mm' (Marshall 1977: 40; cf Calder 1989: 58; MacGregor …

One theory is that the carved stone balls were weapons used in hunting or fighting. Some of the stone balls have been found with holes in them, and many have grooves on the surface. It is …

Carved stone balls are mysterious and uniquely Scottish objects. They are thought to date from the late Neolithic period, more than 4000 years ago. We do not know what they were for or how they ...

Carved stone balls are incomplete, artefacts-in-process, whose form embodies their processes of making. One of the key outcomes of an experimental workshop at Winchester School of Art focused on ...

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More than 500 of these 5,000-year-old carved stone balls have been discovered, mostly in Scotland, but their purpose remains a mystery.

To gain a better understanding of the carved stone balls, and to bring the collection closer to the public, Hugo Anderson-Whymark, curator of National Museums Scotland, created 3D images of 60 ...

The Giant Stone Balls of Costa Rica: With over 300 of the carved stone balls having so far been discovered, ranging in size from a few centimetres to over 2 metres (6.6 ft) in diameter, and weighing up to 16 short tons (15 t), Costa Rica …

Carved stone ball, with five knobs, from Newhills, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Accession No.: X.AS 52 Period/Date: Late Neolithic, c.3000-2500 BC Material: biotite-granite Diameter: 73mm Weight: 471g. Model Dr Hugo …

Carved stone ball of biotite-granite, with four large and four small knobs, from Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Accession No.:X.AS 92 Period/Date: Late Neolithic, c.3000-2500 BC Material: …

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This beautiful carved stone ball was found in Aberdeenshire. People have long wondered about what it was and how it was used, but it had clearly been a precious possession and a symbol of power. It is Neolithic, and dates back …

Maceheads and carved stone balls form part of a broader range of carved stone objects that belong to the late fourth and/or early third millennia BC. The other, variously-shaped objects have all been found in Grooved Ware-associated …

Scottish carved stone balls are a set of over just over 425 Neolithic stone objects that have been found in northern Scotland. Estimates on their dates' range from 3200-2500 BCE. A paper by Marshall published in 1976 contains a very detailed description of many of these objects, including locations at the time of ...

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Today we digress from Stonehenge to talk about some strange carved stone balls found throughout Scotland. Where the balls were discovered There are many carved things that have been found throughout parts of Scotland that date back to between 3000 and 2600 BC and the carved stone balls are ju . 0.

Only about 400 of Scotland's 4,000-year-old carved stone balls have been found. They are of fairly uniform size, with the diameters of most measuring around 2.75 inches. Fitting nicely within the cupped hand, they are made from a variety of stone -- from soft sandstones to hard granitics. The numbers of

Archaeologists have also unearthed more than 500 carved stone balls, some in Orkney but most elsewhere. The cairn includes multiple chambers and was remodeled in the Bronze Age. Mike Lawlor

This carved stone ball was found in a house at Skara Brae in Orkney, the best-preserved Neolithic settlement in Britain. Skilfully made, with 67 ground pyramid-shaped knobs, it must have been a prized possession of a prominent person in the community. It was a symbol of power but it could also have been used as a dangerous weapon. Other carved stone objects of various shapes …

Carved stone balls (Scotland) More than 400 examples of Scottish Carved Stone Balls have been found. They are believed to have originated in the late Neolithic and the Bronze Age - i.e. thought to be more than 5,000 years old. Most have been found in north-east Scotland, mainly Aberdeenshire. They usually range in size from 70 to 90mm diameter ...

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