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A Late Iron Age farmstead in the Outer Hebrides: Excavations at Mound 1, Bornais, South Uist (Cardiff Studies in Archaeology)

Niall Sharples

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Description:The settlement at Bornais consists of a complex of mounds which protrude from the relatively flat machair plain in the township of Bornais on the island of South Uist. This sandy plain has proved an attractive settlement from the Beaker period onwards; it appears to have been intensively occupied from the Late Bronze Age to the end of the Norse period. Mound 1 was the original location for settlement in this part of the machair plain; pre-Viking activity of some complexity is present and it is likely that the settlement activity started in the Middle Iron Age, if not earlier. The examination of the mound 1 deposits provides an important contribution to our understanding of the Iron Age sequence in the Atlantic province. The principal contribution comprises the large quantities of mammal, fish and bird bones, carbonised plant remains and pottery, which can be accurately dated to a fairly precise and narrow period in the 1st millennium AD. These are augmented by a substantial collection of small finds which included distinctive bone artefacts. The contextual significance of the site is based on the survival of floor deposits and a burnt-down roof; the floor deposits can be compared with abandonment and adjacent midden deposits providing contrasting contextual environments that help to clarify depositional processes. The burning down of the house and the excellent preservation of the deposits within it provide an unparalleled opportunity to examine the timber superstructure of the building and the layout of the material used by the inhabitants.Table of Contents1. Bornais and the Iron AgeIntroduction (N Sharples)The history of the excavations (N Sharples)A history of archaeology in the southern Hebrides (N Sharples)The Iron Age background (N Sharples)The Early Iron AgeThe Middle Iron AgeThe Late Iron AgeThe Hebridean ceramic sequence (A Lane)Machair settlement in the townships of Bornais and Cill Donnain (N Sharples)The Iron Age settlement of South Uist (N Sharples)The research potential (N Sharples)Methodologies (N Sharples)Sampling (N Sharples and H Smith)Sediment analysis of floor layers (H Smith and P Marshall)Micromorphology (K B Milek)Pottery (A Lane)Artefact methodology (A Clarke, P Macdonald and A Smith)Charcoal (R Gale)Mammalian bone (J Mulville and A Powell)Isotopic analysis (R Madgwick, J Mulville, R E Stevens and T C O’Connell)Bird bone (J Cartledge)Fish bone (C Ingrem)Marine shell (N Sharples)Acknowledgements (N Sharples)2. The Late Iron Age settlement Introduction (N Sharples)Early structures (CA) (N Sharples)Artefacts (A Smith, A Lane and K Harding)Animal bone (J Mulville and A Powell)Conclusion (N Sharples)Late Iron Age house (CB) (N Sharples)House 1House 2Micromorphology (K Milek)Sampling data (N Sharples)Spatial distributions (N Sharples and E Norris)Geochemical analysis (H Smith and P Marshall)Pottery (A Lane)Measurements (N Sharples)Artefacts (A Clarke, P Macdonald, A Pannett, N Sharples and A Smith)Carbonised plant remains (S Colledge and H Smith)Charcoal (R Gale)Animal bone (J Cartledge, C Ingrem, J Mulville and A Powell)Conclusion (N Sharples)Destruction and infi lling (CC) (N Sharples)Sampling data (N Sharples)Pottery (A Lane)Measurements (N Sharples)Artefacts (A Clarke, P Macdonald, A Pannett and A Smith)Carbonised plant remains (S Colledge, R Gale and H Smith)Animal bone (J Cartledge, C Ingrem, J Mulville and A Powell)Conclusion (N Sharples)The Late Iron Age midden (CG) (N Sharples)Sampling data (N Sharples)Pottery (A Lane)Measurements (N Sharples)Artefacts (A Clarke, A Pannett, N Sharples and A Smith)Carbonised plant remains (S Colledge, R Gale and H Smith)Animal bone (J Cartledge, C Ingrem, J Mulville and A Powell)Conclusion (N Sharples)3. Norse reoccupationIntroduction (N Sharples)The Norse activity area (CE) (N Sharples)Sampling data (N Sharples)Pottery (A Lane)Measurements (N Sharples)Artefacts (A Clarke, P Macdonald, A Pannett and A Smith)Carbonised plant remains (S Colledge, R Gale and H Smith)Animal bone (J Cartledge, C Ingrem, J Mulville and A Powell)Conclusion (N Sharples)The Norse structure (CD) (N Sharples)Animal bone (J Cartledge, C Ingrem, J Mulville and A Powell)Conclusion (N Sharples)The Norse middens (CF) (N Sharples)Sampling data (N Sharples)Pottery (A Lane)Measurements (N Sharples) Artefacts (A Clarke, P Macdonald, A Pannett and A Smith)Carbonised plant remains (S Colledge, R Gale and H Smith)Animal bone (J Cartledge, C Ingrem, J Mulville and A Powell)Conclusion (N Sharples)Unstratified finds (N Sharples)4. Comparative analysis of the site assemblageIntroduction (N Sharples)Pottery (A Lane) Artefacts (A Clarke, P Macdonald, A Pannett, N Sharples and A Smith)Carbonised plant remains (S Colledge and H Smith)Overall description of the densities of charred plant remainsTaxonomic composition of the samplesUbiquity analysisCorrespondence analysisCharcoal (R Gale)Mammalian b...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Late Iron Age farmstead in the Outer Hebrides: Excavations at Mound 1, Bornais, South Uist (Cardiff Studies in Archaeology). To get started finding A Late Iron Age farmstead in the Outer Hebrides: Excavations at Mound 1, Bornais, South Uist (Cardiff Studies in Archaeology), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The settlement at Bornais consists of a complex of mounds which protrude from the relatively flat machair plain in the township of Bornais on the island of South Uist. This sandy plain has proved an attractive settlement from the Beaker period onwards; it appears to have been intensively occupied from the Late Bronze Age to the end of the Norse period. Mound 1 was the original location for settlement in this part of the machair plain; pre-Viking activity of some complexity is present and it is likely that the settlement activity started in the Middle Iron Age, if not earlier. The examination of the mound 1 deposits provides an important contribution to our understanding of the Iron Age sequence in the Atlantic province. The principal contribution comprises the large quantities of mammal, fish and bird bones, carbonised plant remains and pottery, which can be accurately dated to a fairly precise and narrow period in the 1st millennium AD. These are augmented by a substantial collection of small finds which included distinctive bone artefacts. The contextual significance of the site is based on the survival of floor deposits and a burnt-down roof; the floor deposits can be compared with abandonment and adjacent midden deposits providing contrasting contextual environments that help to clarify depositional processes. The burning down of the house and the excellent preservation of the deposits within it provide an unparalleled opportunity to examine the timber superstructure of the building and the layout of the material used by the inhabitants.Table of Contents1. Bornais and the Iron AgeIntroduction (N Sharples)The history of the excavations (N Sharples)A history of archaeology in the southern Hebrides (N Sharples)The Iron Age background (N Sharples)The Early Iron AgeThe Middle Iron AgeThe Late Iron AgeThe Hebridean ceramic sequence (A Lane)Machair settlement in the townships of Bornais and Cill Donnain (N Sharples)The Iron Age settlement of South Uist (N Sharples)The research potential (N Sharples)Methodologies (N Sharples)Sampling (N Sharples and H Smith)Sediment analysis of floor layers (H Smith and P Marshall)Micromorphology (K B Milek)Pottery (A Lane)Artefact methodology (A Clarke, P Macdonald and A Smith)Charcoal (R Gale)Mammalian bone (J Mulville and A Powell)Isotopic analysis (R Madgwick, J Mulville, R E Stevens and T C O’Connell)Bird bone (J Cartledge)Fish bone (C Ingrem)Marine shell (N Sharples)Acknowledgements (N Sharples)2. The Late Iron Age settlement Introduction (N Sharples)Early structures (CA) (N Sharples)Artefacts (A Smith, A Lane and K Harding)Animal bone (J Mulville and A Powell)Conclusion (N Sharples)Late Iron Age house (CB) (N Sharples)House 1House 2Micromorphology (K Milek)Sampling data (N Sharples)Spatial distributions (N Sharples and E Norris)Geochemical analysis (H Smith and P Marshall)Pottery (A Lane)Measurements (N Sharples)Artefacts (A Clarke, P Macdonald, A Pannett, N Sharples and A Smith)Carbonised plant remains (S Colledge and H Smith)Charcoal (R Gale)Animal bone (J Cartledge, C Ingrem, J Mulville and A Powell)Conclusion (N Sharples)Destruction and infi lling (CC) (N Sharples)Sampling data (N Sharples)Pottery (A Lane)Measurements (N Sharples)Artefacts (A Clarke, P Macdonald, A Pannett and A Smith)Carbonised plant remains (S Colledge, R Gale and H Smith)Animal bone (J Cartledge, C Ingrem, J Mulville and A Powell)Conclusion (N Sharples)The Late Iron Age midden (CG) (N Sharples)Sampling data (N Sharples)Pottery (A Lane)Measurements (N Sharples)Artefacts (A Clarke, A Pannett, N Sharples and A Smith)Carbonised plant remains (S Colledge, R Gale and H Smith)Animal bone (J Cartledge, C Ingrem, J Mulville and A Powell)Conclusion (N Sharples)3. Norse reoccupationIntroduction (N Sharples)The Norse activity area (CE) (N Sharples)Sampling data (N Sharples)Pottery (A Lane)Measurements (N Sharples)Artefacts (A Clarke, P Macdonald, A Pannett and A Smith)Carbonised plant remains (S Colledge, R Gale and H Smith)Animal bone (J Cartledge, C Ingrem, J Mulville and A Powell)Conclusion (N Sharples)The Norse structure (CD) (N Sharples)Animal bone (J Cartledge, C Ingrem, J Mulville and A Powell)Conclusion (N Sharples)The Norse middens (CF) (N Sharples)Sampling data (N Sharples)Pottery (A Lane)Measurements (N Sharples) Artefacts (A Clarke, P Macdonald, A Pannett and A Smith)Carbonised plant remains (S Colledge, R Gale and H Smith)Animal bone (J Cartledge, C Ingrem, J Mulville and A Powell)Conclusion (N Sharples)Unstratified finds (N Sharples)4. Comparative analysis of the site assemblageIntroduction (N Sharples)Pottery (A Lane) Artefacts (A Clarke, P Macdonald, A Pannett, N Sharples and A Smith)Carbonised plant remains (S Colledge and H Smith)Overall description of the densities of charred plant remainsTaxonomic composition of the samplesUbiquity analysisCorrespondence analysisCharcoal (R Gale)Mammalian b...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Late Iron Age farmstead in the Outer Hebrides: Excavations at Mound 1, Bornais, South Uist (Cardiff Studies in Archaeology). To get started finding A Late Iron Age farmstead in the Outer Hebrides: Excavations at Mound 1, Bornais, South Uist (Cardiff Studies in Archaeology), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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