Three 11,500-year-old deer skull headdresses – excavated from a world-renowned archaeological site inwards Yorkshire – volition become on display, 1 for the get-go time, at Cambridge University’s Museum of Archaeology too Anthropology (MAA) from today.
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| Artist's impression of Star Carr 11,000 years ago: The climate was warming too people were making masks, or caput dresses, out of blood-red deer skulls [Credit: Josh Murfitt/MMA] |
At the fourth dimension people were edifice their homes on the shore of Lake Flixton, 5 miles inland from what is immediately the North Yorkshire coast, U.K. was all the same attached to Europe alongside climates warming rapidly.
As good equally the spectacular headdresses, made of blood-red deer skull too antlers, the exhibition features other Mesolithic-era objects such equally axes too weapons used to hunt a hit of animals such equally blood-red deer too elk.
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| One of the 3 Mesolithic deer skull headdresses from the novel exhibition [Credit: Josh Murfitt/MMA] |
Most of the objects on display are from MAA. They were recovered from excavations conducted at the site yesteryear Cambridge archeologist Professor Grahame Clark. More recently, excavations convey been conducted yesteryear the archaeologists from the Universities of Chester, Manchester too York.
It is also the get-go fourth dimension too then many of the artefacts belonging to MAA convey been on display side-by-side. Many of the objects are really frail too can’t live moved, pregnant it is a unique chance to encounter such a broad alternative of stuff from the Star Carr site.
Exhibition curator Dr Jody Joy said: “Star Carr is unique. Only a scattering of rock tools commonly last from too then long ago; simply the waterlogged the world at that topographic point has preserved bone, antler too wooden objects. It’s hither that archaeologists convey works life the remains of the oldest identify inwards Britain, exotic jewellery too mysterious headdresses.
“This was a fourth dimension earlier farming, earlier pottery, earlier metalworking – simply the people who made their homes at that topographic point returned to the same identify for hundreds of years.
“The most mysterious objects works life at Star Carr are 33 deer skull headdresses. Only 3 like objects convey been discovered elsewhere – all inwards Germany. Someone has removed parts of the antlers too drilled holes inwards the skulls, simply archaeologists don’t know why. They may convey been hunting disguises, they may convey been used inwards ceremonies or dances. We tin never know for sure, simply this is why Star Carr continues to intrigue us.”
As good equally the headdresses, archaeologists convey also discovered scatters of flintstone showing where people made rock tools, too antler points used to hunt too fish. 227 points were works life at Star Carr, to a greater extent than than 90pc of all those e'er discovered inwards Britain.
Closer to what was the lake border (Lake Flixton has long since dried up), at that topographic point is bear witness of Mesolithic-era corporation including wooden platforms used equally walkways too jetties (the earliest known examples of carpentry inwards Europe) – where boats would convey given access to the lake too its 2 islands.
First discovered inwards 1947 yesteryear an amateur archaeologist, run at Star Carr continues to this day. Unfortunately, recent artefacts are showing signs of decay equally changing province purpose around the site causes the peat where many artefacts convey been preserved naturally for millennia to dry out out. It is immediately a race against fourth dimension for archaeologists to detect to a greater extent than almost the site earlier it is lost.
“Star Carr shows that although life was really unlike 11,500 years ago, people shared remarkably like concerns to us,” added Joy. “They needed food, warmth too comfort. They made feel of the globe through ritual too religion.
“The people of Star Carr were really adaptable too at that topographic point is much nosotros tin larn from them equally nosotros besides human face upward the challenges of rapid climate change. There are all the same many discoveries to live made, simply these precious archaeological remains are immediately threatened yesteryear the changing environment.
“As they are too then old, the objects from Star Carr are really frail too they must live carefully monitored too stored. As a result, few artefacts are commonly on display. This is a rare chance to encounter too then many of these objects side-by-side telling the storey of this extraordinary site.”
A Survival Story – Prehistoric Life at Star Carr is on display at the Li Ka Shing Gallery at the Museum of Archaeology too Anthropology, Downing Street, Cambridge, from June 21 to Dec 30, 2019. Entry is free.
Download the novel publications (pdf) almost the site here: Vol. One, Vol. Two
Source: Cambridge University [June 22, 2018]
Sumber http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com
It is also the get-go fourth dimension too then many of the artefacts belonging to MAA convey been on display side-by-side. Many of the objects are really frail too can’t live moved, pregnant it is a unique chance to encounter such a broad alternative of stuff from the Star Carr site.
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| How the Star Carr site mightiness convey looked 11,000 years agone [Credit: MMA] |
“This was a fourth dimension earlier farming, earlier pottery, earlier metalworking – simply the people who made their homes at that topographic point returned to the same identify for hundreds of years.
“The most mysterious objects works life at Star Carr are 33 deer skull headdresses. Only 3 like objects convey been discovered elsewhere – all inwards Germany. Someone has removed parts of the antlers too drilled holes inwards the skulls, simply archaeologists don’t know why. They may convey been hunting disguises, they may convey been used inwards ceremonies or dances. We tin never know for sure, simply this is why Star Carr continues to intrigue us.”
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| Mesolithic paw axes - Star Carr, Yorkshire [Credit: Josh Murfitt/MAA] |
Closer to what was the lake border (Lake Flixton has long since dried up), at that topographic point is bear witness of Mesolithic-era corporation including wooden platforms used equally walkways too jetties (the earliest known examples of carpentry inwards Europe) – where boats would convey given access to the lake too its 2 islands.
First discovered inwards 1947 yesteryear an amateur archaeologist, run at Star Carr continues to this day. Unfortunately, recent artefacts are showing signs of decay equally changing province purpose around the site causes the peat where many artefacts convey been preserved naturally for millennia to dry out out. It is immediately a race against fourth dimension for archaeologists to detect to a greater extent than almost the site earlier it is lost.
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| Mesolithic rock tools inwards the Star Carr exhibit, Museum of Archaeology too Anthropology, University of Cambridge [Credit: Josh Murfitt/MMA] |
“The people of Star Carr were really adaptable too at that topographic point is much nosotros tin larn from them equally nosotros besides human face upward the challenges of rapid climate change. There are all the same many discoveries to live made, simply these precious archaeological remains are immediately threatened yesteryear the changing environment.
“As they are too then old, the objects from Star Carr are really frail too they must live carefully monitored too stored. As a result, few artefacts are commonly on display. This is a rare chance to encounter too then many of these objects side-by-side telling the storey of this extraordinary site.”
A Survival Story – Prehistoric Life at Star Carr is on display at the Li Ka Shing Gallery at the Museum of Archaeology too Anthropology, Downing Street, Cambridge, from June 21 to Dec 30, 2019. Entry is free.
Download the novel publications (pdf) almost the site here: Vol. One, Vol. Two
Source: Cambridge University [June 22, 2018]
Sumber http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com
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