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Cille Pheadair : a Norse farmstead and Pictish burial cairn in South Uist /

Cille Pheadair is one of more than 20 Viking Age and Late Norse settlements discovered on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles), off the west coast of Scotland. Its unusually well-preserved stratigraphic sequence of nine phases of occupation, including five longhouses and ma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Parker Pearson, Michael, 1957- (Autor), Brennand, Mark (Autor), Mulville, Jacqui (Autor), Smith, Helen, 1956- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Austin, Phil
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2018.
Colección:Sheffield environmental and archaeological research campaign in the Hebrides (Series) ; v. 7.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cille Pheadair and the Norse period in South Uist / M. Parker Pearson
  • The Pictish burial cairn, cal AD 640–780 / M. Parker Pearson
  • Initial construction and occupation (phase 1) starting cal AD 945–1020 / M. Parker Pearson and M. Brennand
  • The earliest deposits above the pits (phase 2) starting cal AD 945–1020 / M. Parker Pearson and M. Brennand
  • The first stone longhouse: House 700 (phase 3), constructed cal AD 1030–1095 / M. Parker Pearson and M. Brennand
  • The second stone longhouse: House 500 (phase 4), constructed cal AD 1060–1110 / M. Parker Pearson and M. Brennand
  • Modification of House 500 (phase 5), rebuilt cal AD 1070–1125 / M. Parker Pearson and M. Brennand
  • The sheds (phase 6), constructed cal AD 1100–1155 / M. Parker Pearson and M. Brennand
  • The east–west longhouse: House 312 (phase 7), constructed cal AD 1105–1160 / M. Parker Pearson and M. Brennand
  • The last longhouse: House 007 (phase 8), constructed cal AD 1140–1205 / M. Parker Pearson and M. Brennand
  • Reuse and abandonment of the ruins of House 007 (phase 9), ending cal AD 1160–1245 / M. Parker Pearson and M. Brennand
  • The ceramics / J. Bond, E.J. Pieksma, D. Dungworth and M. Parker Pearson
  • The combs, ornaments, weights and coins / C. Paterson
  • The bone and antler tools / C. Paterson
  • The iron knives, tools and weapons / M. Parker Pearson
  • The stone artefacts / M. Parker Pearson
  • Industrial activity / D. Dungworth, M. Parker Pearson and H. Smith
  • The faunal remains – mammals / J. Mulville, A. Powell, J. Williams, C. Ingrem and J.R. Jones
  • The faunal remains – birds, fish and marine molluscs / J. Best, J. Cartledge, C. Ingrem, H. Smith and M. Parker Pearson
  • The human remains / A. Chamberlain
  • The carbonized plant remains and wood charcoal / H. Smith, S. Colledge and P. Austin
  • Absorbed and visible organic residues / L. Cramp and R.P. Evershed
  • Soil micromorphology / C. Ellis
  • Radiocarbon dating / P. Marshall, M. Parker Pearson and G. Cook
  • The Cille Pheadair farmstead in its context / B.E. Crawford and M. Parker Pearson.