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Timber Halls Scotland

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  Posted by henvell (U1781664) on Monday, 16th July 2007

  There are at least nine large timber halls [ie;Balbridie] and timber uncovered enclosures [ie;Littleour] in east and central Scotland,which date from 3950-3200 BCE,calibrated 2007.Most are associated with round bottomed bowl ceramic shards
  and grain [barley,emmer and bread wheat].Some are proximal to broadly coeval cairns,cursuses and barrows.Earlier timber halls have been excavated in Germany,Holland,Denmark and southern Sweden,[R Bradley,2007].
  The widespread distribution of these structures in Scotland suggests,that groups of farmers from forested landscapes on mainland Europe [D Johnston,2007] migrated from mainland Europe to Scotland circa 4000 BCE.They may have introduced curseses to Scotland??This influx of people does not appear to be related to the megalith tradition along the "Sea Road" [ibid],where commodities and culture were exchanged.
  Any assistance with research on this topic would be appreciated.My preliminary conclusions are speculative.

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