Tonight I have been going through and analysing all of my conclusions regarding the Paleolithic habitation of not only Scotland but NE Scotland in particular!
I revisited information from a book which was given to me on loan from an internationally respected Soil Scientist.
The book is by Godsman and is bang on!
Particularly his Section 1 Chapter one!
Read it if you will.
I have spent some past evenings over the past few months organising my important Palaeolithic findings into pretty well identifiable groups!
The small implements (they are definitely not cores!) come from an identifiable plateau on the mains of Waterton.
All, individually;fit into a three dimensional 1" cube but are too small and intentionally modified to be passed as Palaeolithic!
These artefacts may eventually be classified as Mesolthic but it should be well noted that they were found in a trench in the fields of the mains of Waterton and not from.the sand dunes above! As we're the Palaeolithic items!
I am now arranging all of my artefacts into their specific genre for professional photography intended for publication.
Watch this space.
Here we go!
Since I have received no contrary evidence from you to my previous Blog I am pleased to note that it has been viewed by all and well received by your good selves!
Much more positive info to follow!
This will be in the format of photographs of all of my many Palaeolithic, Mesolthic and Neolithic findings from various stratigraphicalogicaly and geomorpohologicaly important areas of Buchan
All can be identified from their precise area of discovery , which I kept specific note of!
Happy Days!
Over the past few years I have exposed Neolithic, Mesolithic and Palaeolithic artefacts from the NE of Scotland.
However! The only proven Palaeolithic artefacts; that I have, come from the Sands and plateaus of the moss of cruden area!
I have gone through all of my publications and find that I have represented this pictorialy in my very first publication!
I should respectfully advise that any followers revisit the pictorial evidence and respond to me asap if they cannot see them on my blog.
Happy Days!
I have been searching for any published information on what I will call the identification of "The Den of Bodam" alcoves.
There are none to my knowledge!
Contradictions welcomed!
Clarification:-
Existence of Neolithic mining in the area is well known!
Raison d'etre for the alcoves has never been,publicly; bottomed out!
Even the late Dr. Saville could not provide me with an explanation when I met him on the way up on my second visit as he was coming down from one of his.
To be continued!
Big question!
At our meeting on the Den of Bodam I asked the late Dr Saville a question!
"What are these Lithics doing up here in those alcoves"
"No answer" was the loud reply!
This evening I compared past papers published by some past and some; currently existing, Archaeologists.
As far as Palaeolithic Scotland is concerned they seem to have followed a path set out before them by someone else who is no longer with us but with whom I had the pleasure of having a good and honest conversation with on the trail up to and down from the Den of Bodam!
To be continued!
