Shetland: Edge of the Prehistoric World
The Ancients
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The Bronze Age in Shetland
We do have a little bit of Beaker Pottery, though again, that's not very great. But gradually, styles burial do change. They start burying people in kists, and cremation becomes a thing. And there is connection between Orkney and Shetland at that time as well because Shetland has soapstone,. It's something that the Vikings were very familiar with - one of the reasons they felt at home when they came to Shetland.
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