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Cladh Hallan

Roundhouse settlement and mortuary complex on South Uist.

Evidence confidence: very high
Awaiting expert reviewBritain and Ireland expansion for the Bronze Age Systems Atlas
Review and provenance

Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.

Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.

Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.

Chronology

Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.

Preferred assertion

1400 BCE–800 BCE

Precision: broad archaeological range

  • informs · defines or contextualizes
    Evidence for mummification in Bronze Age Britain — Mike Parker Pearson, Andrew Chamberlain, Oliver Craig, Peter Marshall, Jacqui Mulville, Helen Smith, Carol Chenery, Matthew Collins, Gordon Cook, Geoffrey Craig, John Evans, Jennifer Hiller, Janet Montgomery, Jean Schwenninger, Gillian Taylor, Tim Wess, Tamsin Williams (2005)

    Reports the unusual composite and curated human remains from Cladh Hallan and evaluates mummification.


    Locator: Abstract; scientific methods; discussion and conclusion
  • informs · defines or contextualizes
    Ancient DNA typing shows that a Bronze Age mummy is a composite of different skeletons — Julie Hanna, Terry Brown, Mike Parker Pearson, Jacqui Mulville, Helen Smith (2012)

    Uses ancient DNA to demonstrate that one curated body from Cladh Hallan combined remains of different individuals.


    Locator: Abstract; results and discussion

Research description

The site includes long-lived houses and composite mummified human remains assembled from more than one individual. This unusual practice is local evidence and should not be generalized to all Atlantic communities.

Evidence and sources

  • supports · defines or contextualizes
    Evidence for mummification in Bronze Age Britain — Mike Parker Pearson, Andrew Chamberlain, Oliver Craig, Peter Marshall, Jacqui Mulville, Helen Smith, Carol Chenery, Matthew Collins, Gordon Cook, Geoffrey Craig, John Evans, Jennifer Hiller, Janet Montgomery, Jean Schwenninger, Gillian Taylor, Tim Wess, Tamsin Williams (2005)

    Reports the unusual composite and curated human remains from Cladh Hallan and evaluates mummification.


    Locator: Abstract; scientific methods; discussion and conclusion
  • supports · defines or contextualizes
    Ancient DNA typing shows that a Bronze Age mummy is a composite of different skeletons — Julie Hanna, Terry Brown, Mike Parker Pearson, Jacqui Mulville, Helen Smith (2012)

    Uses ancient DNA to demonstrate that one curated body from Cladh Hallan combined remains of different individuals.


    Locator: Abstract; results and discussion

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