Not only two stone balls, archaeologists have also found hundreds of similar stone balls at Neolithic sites mainly in Scotland and the Orkney Islands, but also in England, Ireland and Norway, Live Science previously reported.
Archaeologist Vicki Cummings from the University of Central Lancashire in England said the exquisite stone ball was likely to signify a person’s status.
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Inside the tomb, para archaeologist also found a collection of cremated human bones near the entrance to the burial chamber, as well as several razor blades made of coastal coral.
The excavations at Sanday were a joint effort between the University of Central Lancashire team, led by Cummings and archaeologists from the National Museum of Scotland led by Hugo Anderson-Whymark.
“The ancient tomb is near the coast and is susceptible to change by storms at sea so researchers are trying to find out as much as possible before the site is damaged,” Cummings said.
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The tombs and Neolithic settlements they excavated about 1.6 kilometers away would have been further from the coast about 5,500 years ago.
Grave Neolithic it was investigated in the 1980s, but studies have not revealed how old the tomb is. Archaeologists will now carry out data analysis during the excavation which will hopefully provide more information about the Neolithic people on the island.
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