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Fingerprint Found on Neolithic Pottery in Scotland - Archaeology Magazine


Fingerprint Found on Neolithic Pottery in Scotland
ORKNEY, SCOTLAND
BBC News reports that a fingerprint has been found on a 5,000-year-old piece of pottery at the Ness of Brodgar, a Neolithic complex of buildings located in northern Scotland on the island of Orkney. The potter’s print was spotted by ceramics specialist Roy Towers of the University of the Highlands and Islands, and confirmed with reflectance transformation imaging technology, which uses computer software to compile multiple photographs taken with different controlled light sources. The resulting model produced by team member Jan Blatchford was then closely examined and lit from all angles. Further examination of the print may reveal the sex and age of the potter. “Although finding the fingerprint impression won’t hugely impact our work, it does give us a highly personal, poignant connection to the people of Neolithic Orkney, 5,000 years ago,” said excavation director Nick Card. To read about ....

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