Art of Neolithic Orkney
The Ancients
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The Art of Scarabrae
House seven is interesting because it seems to be predominantly chevron designs leading archaeologists like a shepherd even called it the house of the chevrons. It does kind of raise some questions about whether particular houses or families or social groups would have had designs that were particular to them. And there's possibilities we see that in the tombs as well. We think that people would have probably decorated their bodies and probably also the walls in scarabrae.
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