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Lorna Ritchie

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drawing old things

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The little 6th century chough’s beak pendant <1944>, found in Kent, would have been bright red when it was originally worn.

These birds are once again flying over the county just this year, following a 200 year absence:

www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/A...

17.09.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Drawings in progress for an upcoming publication. Blades from Northern Iraqi Kurdistan, c.8000 BCE.

Traces of bitumen – used to attach the blade to a wooden support, making a tool suitable to harvest crops – indicate the shift to plant domestication in the region.

06.09.2025 07:53 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Relics of old play: gaming counters made from worked bone.

From early medieval Lyminge, in Kent. The hollow cylindrical piece (796) was found under a floor, possibly lost during a game.

Similar set in the BM: www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

05.09.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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