ABCD: 1128

Isbister S Ronaldsay, Orkney

Site code:

1128

Site details:

Location: Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, 1983, Orkney, Scotland ND470845
Period: Neolithic
Category: chambered tomb/stall
Notes: material from burnt area on floor of the tomb
Topography: coastal island rocky clifftop
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Lynch A. 1983. The seed remains. 171-6. In: Hedges J. 1983. Isbister: a chambered tomb in Orkney. BAR BS 115. Scotland, Orkney

Processed by

AL - Lynch, A: Dublin National Monuments Branch

JPP - Pals, J P: IPP Amsterdam

Sample: 1128a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH.NE	L4(ST3)	deposit	peat ash with cremat	Neolithic	-3150	-2400
Context integrity: 2 Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: seeds ? involved in some aspect of funary rights Archaeological interpretion: floor of tomb, contemporty with its use; Unstan ware
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Carex cf. paniculata pro c 1 1 Carex rostrata pro c 15 2 Cenococcum geophilum scl c 375 4 Cerealia pro c 6 1 cf. Montia sp. pro c 2 1 cf. Prunella vulgaris pro c 3 1 Chenopodium sp. pro c 6 1 Eleocharis palustris pro c 1 1 Empetrum nigrum pro c 8 1 Hordeum sp. pro c 22 3 Hordeum vulgare pro c ! 34 3 Papaver sp. pro c 1 1 Polygonum aviculare pro c 2 1 Polygonum sp. pro c 1 1 Potamogeton sp. pro c 1 1 Rumex cf. obtusifolius pro c 3 1 Rumex crispus pro c 40 3 Rumex obtusifolius pro c 1 1 Rumex sp. pro c 20 3 Scirpus sp. pro c 3 1 Spergula arvensis pro c 21 3 Stellaria media pro c 102 4 Triticum dicoccon pro c 1 1 Vicia sativa pro c 1 1 Atriplex sp. pro c 5 1 Bilderdykia convolvulus pro c T 1 1

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