ABCD: 1173

Gurness Orkney

Site code:

1173

Site details:

Location: Gurness, Orkney, 1987, Orkney, Scotland HY302
Period: Ist millenium AD-10th cAD Pictish/Viking
Category: broch
Notes: dating v broad, poor report no info on sampling etc
Topography: coastal island
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Dickson C. 1987. The macroscopic plant remains. 314-6. In: Hedges J W (et al.). 1987. Bu, Gurness and the Brochs of Orkney. Part II Gurness. BAR BS 164. Scotland, Orkney

Processed by

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

Sample: 1173a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
RO:PC:PR.SE	GA77.273	?	?	pictish/viking	100	1000
Context integrity: 1 Context preservation: bu Dating method: ? Dating validity: 1 Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: -
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Avena strigosa flo c 16 3 Avena strigosa pro c 10 3 Betula sp. cwd c Q + 1 Calluna vulgaris cwd c + 1 Carex sp. pro c P 2 1 Cerealia clm c ! + 1 Corylus sp. cwd c Q + 1 Juncus sp. !!! c !! + 1 Lychnis flos-cuculi pro c 1 1 Picea sp. wwd ? Q2 + 1 Populus sp. cwd c Q + 1 Ranunculus flammula pro c 1 1 Salix sp. cwd c Q + 1 Sorbus aucuparia cwd c Q + 1 Spergula arvensis pro c 3 2 Ulmus sp. wwd ? Q3 + 1

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