Artefacts of wood, bone and antler are rarely found in mainland Scotland and this is also the case in Perth and Kinross. However, a fine collection of calcined bone ‘skewer’ pins was found in association with cremated remains in the Late Neolithic Forteviot cemetery (MPK1888; Leach et al 2020; Noble et al 2017). These survived because they had passed through the funeral pyre, having been used to fasten funerary garments.
Carbonised wooden fragments found in association with the four-post building at Leadketty (MPK1977) are still being analysed and are anticipated to be reported as part of SERF Monograph 3 (Wright and Brophy forthcoming); it remains to be seen whether they were structural or artefactual.