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Links to material referenced in the show.
- The Achavanich Beaker Burial
- ‘Ava’: a Beaker-associated woman from a cist at Achavanich, Highland, and the story of her (re-)discovery and subsequent study, Published in the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
- The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe at Nature.com
- A summary of the Nature.com article
- Scotland’s Rock Art Project
Excellent episode. I didn’t know more had come out about this, I should pay more attention.
Don’t worry Vince – it’s only started to come out today! Hot off the press. I’m delighted you enjoyed the episode.
Best wishes,
Maya
I love learning more about this.
Maya presents the story of Ava in such a wonderful manner.
Thank you!
Thank you for firing my imagination. For reasons unbeknownst to me I have suddenly developed a deep interest in the beaker culture. Not far from me is a small stone circle at Duloe. An urn containing a cremation was found beneath it. However, it has been lost forever after it was destroyed by a careless worker’s pickaxe…..