Boar's tusk

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Adult pig's tooth, Iron Age 2,000-2,500 years ago

Field collection: Excavation, Finavon Hill fort, Oathlaw, Angus
Collected by JV Gordon Childe

Donated by Col AD Greenhill Gardyne
Museum number: 1971-188-25

Domestic pigs were kept at the Iron Age Hillfort of Finavon. Mostly young animals were butchered; however tusk-like canine teeth indicate the presence of a number of adults.