Hi Ruby,
There were shells with otherwise unaccompanied supine burials at
Newark Bay in Orkney (range from Pictish to medieval date). Don
Brothwell is the best person to contact for details.
All the best,
James
On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, R.N.Ceron-Carrasco wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I have a sample of limpet (Patella vulgata) that was retrieved from a
> Pictish/Norse or Late Norse burial in Shetland (Scotland). The shell was inside
> the mouth of a child skeleton. Does anyone know of other examples?
>
> The only other such example I know of is from the Isle of May site in Fife,
> Scotland. Where a St James' Shell (Pectem maximus), was found inside the mouth
> of a skeleton dated to 1305 to 1414 AD (by which time this shell was a
> recognised emblem of the cult of St. James related to Santiago de Compostela
> pilgrimage).
>
> Many thanks
> Ruby
>
>
> Dr Ruby Ceron-Carrasco
> Archaeology
> School of Arts, Culture & the Environment.
> The University of Edinburgh
> Old High School
> Edinburgh EH1 1LT
> Scotland
>
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