A copper flat axehead from Wester Cartmore Farm, Lochgelly, Fife: a cautionary tale

Graeme Whittington; Trevor Cowie; Peter Yeoman

doi:10.9750/PSAS.128.95.104

A copper flat axehead from Wester Cartmore Farm, Lochgelly, Fife: a cautionary tale

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Graeme Whittington
Trevor Cowie
Peter Yeoman

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https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.128.95.104

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Copper Flat Axehead, Artefact

Abstract

Records the find of a Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age artefact from a boggy glacial depression with disturbed organic deposits. Discusses the possibility that it may have votive significance but considers it unlikely based on an examination of palynological evidence.

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30-11-1999

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Vol. 128 (1999)

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A copper flat axehead from Wester Cartmore Farm, Lochgelly, Fife: a cautionary tale. (1999). Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 128, 95-104. https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.128.95.104

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A copper flat axehead from Wester Cartmore Farm, Lochgelly, Fife: a cautionary tale

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