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That's a very good question, and I'm also quite curious. A quick look at the Wikipedia article for Skara Brae mentions that pottery, flint and ashes have been f
by ecdavis 11y ago
That's a very good question, and I'm also quite curious. A quick look at the Wikipedia article for Skara Brae mentions that pottery, flint and ashes have been found at the site which certainly suggests they had fire.
What other fuel sources could they have used?
- mc32 11y agoMaybe they didn't have durable woods but had access to shrubs and seaweed, possibly flotsam as sources of organic fuels? Perh guano as well?
- simcop2387 11y agoI'm not sure what they could have used that would leave behind ashes but it is possible to use animal fat as a fuel source. If you could get enough there to be useful I'm not sure though.
- DanBC 11y agosome people in the developing world use animal dung. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_animal_dung_fuel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_animal_dung_fuel (This isn't a good article. I'm going to try editing it over the next couple of days.)
- arethuza 11y agoI'm pretty sure I read somewhere that they used dried seaweed and dried animal dung. Maybe peat as well - it's still a fairly common fuel in the wilder parts of Scotland. Skara Brae is in an amazing part of the world for neolithic monuments - Maeshowe, the Ring of Brodgar and lots of others. Edit: The Viking graffiti in Maeshowe is pretty special too...