Summary A total of 150 intricately carved bone slips were uncovered at the Loughcrew H passage tomb in Co. Meath, Ireland, during excavations between 1865 and 1943. Studies of the carvings identified La Tene motifs suggesting that the slips may have been Middle to Late Iron Age in date. Joseph Raftery even went so far as to argue that the megalithic tomb itself was an Iron Age construction. His theory has since been debunked, but absolute dates have not been forthcoming for either these finds or the tomb. The following Middle Iron Age results presented here are slightly earlier than the dates that had hitherto been anticipated and they help to shed light on the subsequent interactions with this tomb.

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Loughcrew凯恩h骨片的放射性碳年代

总结在1865年至1943年之间的发掘期间，爱尔兰Co. Meath的Loughcrew H通道墓共发现了150个错综复杂的雕刻骨片。对雕刻的研究表明，La Tene图案表明该片可能是中晚期至晚期铁器。日期的年龄。约瑟夫·拉夫蒂（Joseph Raftery）甚至争论说，巨石墓本身是铁器时代的建筑。此后，他的理论被揭穿了，但对于这些发现或墓葬，绝对日期尚未到来。此处呈现的以下中铁器时代结果比迄今预期的日期稍早，它们有助于阐明后来与该墓的互动。