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ABCD: 1070

Knap of Howar 73-5 Papa Westray, Orkney

Site code:

1070

Site details:

Location: Knap of Howar 73-5, Papa Westray, Orkney, 1987, Orkney, Scotland HY4830518
Period: neolthic
Category: farmstead
Notes: site had been covered in blown sand
Topography: island, coastal
Condition: dry
Report type: cereal grain

Bibliography

Dickson C A. 1984. In: Ritchie A. Excavations of a Neolithic farmstead at Knap of Howar, Papa Westray, Orkney. Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scotland. 113 (for 1983). 40-121. Scotland, Orkney

Processed by

CAD - Dickson, Camilla: Glasgow Univ (nee Lambert)

Sample: 1070a

Period

Context

Type

Sediment

Period

Earliest date

Latest date

PH.NE

COM

middens & floors

Neolithic

-3500

-3100

Context integrity: 2
Context preservation: bu
Dating method: C14
Dating validity: 3
Environmental interpretion: -
Archaeological interpretion: Unstan Ware

Taxalist:

Taxa name	Part	Preservation	Problem code	Quantity	Abundance
Alnus sp.	cwd	c		1	1
Betula sp.	cwd	c		4	1
Cerealia	pro	c		23	3
cf. Hordeum vulgare	pro	c		8	2
cf. Picea sp.	cwd	c		1	1
Coniferae	cwd	c		1	1
Corylus avellana	pro	c		1	1
Hordeum vulgare	pro	c	!	1	1

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