ABCD: 1178

Saevar Howe 77 Birsay, Orkney

Site code:

1178

Site details:

Location: Saevar Howe 77, Birsay, Orkney, 1983, Orkney, Scotland HY2460270
Period: Viking overlying Pictish
Category: settlement site
Notes: -
Topography: sandy hillock on edge of dunes/coastal
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Dickson C A. 1983. The macroscopic plant remains. 114 and fiche. In: Hedges J W. 1983. Trial excavations on Pictish and Viking settlements at Seavar Howe, Birsay, Orkney. Glasgow Archaeol. J. 10. 73-124. Scotland, Orkney

Processed by

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

Sample: 1178a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.SE.AS	Phase IIb/	house floors	nr	norse 9th c	800	900
Context integrity: 2 Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: overlain be wind-blown sand after abandonment
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Alnus sp. cwd c p 1 Alnus sp. flo c p 1 Avena sp. pro c p 1 Betula sp. cwd c p 1 Bromus sp. pro c p 1 Calluna vulgaris cwd c p 1 Carex sp. pro c p 1 cf. Hordeum vulgare pro c !1 p 1 cf. Sorbus aucuparia pro c p 1 Empetrum nigrum pro c p 1 Gramineae pro c p 1 Hordeum vulgare pro c !1 p 1 Juncus squarrosus pro c p 1 Juniperus sp. cwd c p 1 Linum usitatissimum cps c p 1 Linum usitatissimum pro c p 1 Papaver sp. pro c p 1 Picea sp. cwd c p 1 Polygonum aviculare agg. pro c p 1 Potentilla sp. pro c p 1 Rumex sp. pro c p 1 Salix sp. pro c p 1 Selaginella selaginoides mgs c p 1 Spergula arvensis pro c p 1 Stellaria media pro c p 1

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