Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
NEW FINDS REVEAL
ISLE OF Butte LIFE
Recent Discoveries Throw
Light on lost" Era Of
Ancient islanders.
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LONDON, January S.--New pages
can be added to British history booke
az the result Of archaeological discov'
cries in the island Of Bute, which Hes
in the Firth OF Clyde, on the west
coast Of Scotland. according to: ex-
Oerts who have been examining the
finds. = :. :, 80. *
The period covered By the relics,
which were found in the vitTiffed
dunagoil fort, in the south of the
island, is from aboutS 200 BIC. to
100 BIC. and hitherto little has been
known Of the origin and habits Of the
islanders in those far-of days. The
finds, however throw food of light
on the life of this early race, for they
indicate what food the islanders ate,
how and what they hunted. the cloth
ing they wore, how their women. were
bedecked and the nature OF their
houses and industries.
Prof. Ludovic McL. Mann, eminent
Scottish archaeologist, says the rellcs
have filled gap in what was hitherto
an almost entire blank in the stu
dents knowledge of the mode of life,
conditions of civilization. history of
fighting and the development of in
ventions in the centuries Immediately
piSCGNltlS TIC iii Cld'
Find Interesting Relics.
Among the most interesting of the
discoveries are remains Of a black.
smith shop. beautifully ornamented
bracelets, objects like napkin rings
and implements possibly used for
writing Other notable relics described
by Prof Mann include pieces of soap
stone which were sawn up for the
manufacture of beads, armlets. rings
and cups, while there are objects made
of bone and antler. including hand
some huntsman's whistle ornamented
with incised circles and dots-this last
a very rare find. according to Mann.
Also there are pins of iron with
twisted shanks, circular ringheads,
bracelets of jet, Ignite and glass,
pointed writing instruments like the
Roman style ak heads with perfora-
lions for wooden handles, hammers,
knives, choppers, etc. Evidence of the
food eaten by the islanders 1000 years
ago was found in sacks filled with
bones of red deer. the early Scottish
OK. swine and other animals. A bone
of wild cat also was found
The architect of the ancient fort is
OF particular interest to arChaeologists,
for it shows these. long.forgetten
islanders could produce concretelike
structures which We're far superior to
plain stone buildings or primitive
earthworks. e'
C0ncretelike Fort.
The walls Of the fort were IL feet
thick, the interior being filled with
rubble or hand-gathered stones. These
had been covered with brushwood
and the whole sealed up with clay.
The brushwood had then been fgnited
and the smothered combustion, while
preventing the stones from fracturing.
had allowed them to become viscous
and to run together thus forming
kind of concrete of immense strength
to which the two dry stone settings
become fixed. Il
This" says Prof. Mann. 'is the
prehistoric forerunIler of our moderr'
reinforced concrete and cement struc
lures. 1t was solely a Scottish inver
tion," he adds with pardonable n.
tional pride.
Complete examination of the dunn
goil fort relics has not yet been made
and further finds are anticipated, find
which will add still further to moderr
knowledge Of the denizens of Butte in
pre.Christfan era DAYS