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Settlements at Skaill, Deerness, Orkney: Excavations by Peter Gelling of the Prehistoric, Pictish, Viking and Later Periods, 1963-1981
Simon Buteux
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This book is a detailed report on the excavations carried out by Peter Gelling between 1963 and 1981. Five locations have been investigated, revealing a sequence of settlement from the Late Bronze Age to the post-medieval period. Published in the association with Historic Scotland.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Table of Contents
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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ABSTRACT
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CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER 2. ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES
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CHAPTER 3. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO THE NORSE SETTLEMENT
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CHAPTER 4. SOILS AND CULTIVATION PRACTICES
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CHAPTER 5. SITE 5: LATE BRONZE AGE SETTLEMENT
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CHAPTER 6. SITE 6: EARLY IRON AGE -- PICTISH SETTLEMENT
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CHAPTER 7. NORSE SETTLEMENT
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CHAPTER 8. SMALL FINDS
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CHAPTER 9. SMALL FINDS CATALOGUE
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CHAPTER 10. ROUGH STONE TOOLS
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CHAPTER 11. INTRODUCTION TO THE POTTERY REPORTS
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CHAPTER 12. POTTERY FROM SITE 6 (EARLY IRON AGE--PICTISH)
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CHAPTER 13. POTTERY FROM SITE 5 (LATE BRONZE AGE AND IRON AGE)
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CHAPTER 14. POTTERY FROM SITE 2 (NORSE)
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CHAPTER 15. POTTERY PHASING AND DISCUSSION
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CHAPTER 16. MEDIEVAL AND POST-MEDIEVAL BUILDINGS
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CHAPTER 17. ANIMAL BONE
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CHAPTER 18. FISH BONES
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CHAPTER 19. BIRD BONES
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CHAPTER 20. HUMAN BONES
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CHAPTER 21. IRONWORKING RESIDUES
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CHAPTER 22. RADIOCARBON DATING
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CHAPTER 23. SKAILL IN CONTEXT
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APPENDIX: CONTENTS OF THE PAPER ARCHIVE
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REFERENCES
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Published: 1997
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9780860548645 (paperback)
- 9781407318899 (ebook)
BAR Number: B260
- Bronze Age and Iron Age
- Archaeozoology / Bioarchaeology / Osteoarchaeology
- Multiperiod
- Archaeometry / Scientific Dating
- Agriculture / Farming / Husbandry / Land-use / Irrigation
- Migration Period, Early Medieval and Medieval
- Craft working (general titles, bone, glass, textiles, etc.)
- Architecture / Domestic and Urban Buildings and Space / Urbanism
- Excavation / Fieldwork / Survey
- Metallurgy / Mining
- Archaeobotany / Environment and Climate
- British Isles
- Lithics / Stone Tools
- Ceramics and Pottery Studies