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ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS ON RATHLIN ISLAND, COUNTY ANTRIM, NORTHERN IRELAND: THE HUMAN DENTAL REMAINS (some editing due).

November 7, 2012

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By Catryn Power. SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE PREHISTORIC DENTAL REMAINS FROM RATHLIN, ISLAND, COUNTY ANTRIM, NORTHERN IRELAND. During large scale gravel extraction on Rathlin Island in 1983 human burials dated to the Bronze Age were discovered. Subsequently archaeological excavation in 1983 and 1984 by Dr. Ken Wiggins revealed long cist graves containing skeletal remains. The […]