Art of Neolithic Orkney
The Ancients
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The Evolution of Neolithic Art in Orkney
In Orkney, the carvings in Neolithic Orkney are linear. They're angular. They consist of straight lines forming chevrons and saltires and triangles. We do have some figurines, which is perhaps another area to investigate. Sites like Scarabre, we see little carvings all over. And this is very much a domestic site. So we can see that the mark making the need to kind of decorate or however we might talk about it is embedded in daily life at that village.
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