Object of the Week: Archaeologists have been looking at tooth eruption and wear on cattle teeth from Iron Age and Viking Scotland. This week we bring you a couple of molars

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The sampling marks, used to carry out isotopic analysis at the Stable Light Isotope Facility at the University of Bradford, are visible on the molar enamel.

The teeth under inspection© UHI
They found that herding systems in north Orkney indicate manorial estates and a central management system for farming before the 12th century. But one of the key conclusions was that these artefacts have a great deal to tell historians in any future research.
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