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MONOGRAPHS OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND
Society Of Antiquaries Of Scotland Edinburgh 1994
Monograph Series Number 9
HOWE
FOUR MILLENNIA OF ORKNEY PREHISTORY EXCAVATIONS 1978-1982
Editor Beverley Ballin Smith
with
Stephen Carter, David Haigh & Nigel Neil
and
D. Bramwell, Camilla Dickson, Julian Henderson, A. Kimble
Howard, Alison Locker, Daphne Home Lorimer, J.G. Mcdonnell,
Andrewina Ross, Alexandra Shepherd & Catherine Smith
and contributions by
P.L. Armitage, Juliet Clutton-Brock, the late Geoffrey Collins, Josephine Constantine,
G.S. Cowles, David M. Ferguson, C.J.O. Harrison, the late Richard Hattatt, Martin Henig,
the late G.W.I. Hodgson & Tim Holden
illustration and photography
Michael Brooks, Frank Moran & Alex Rigg
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
List of contributors to the volume
Editorial note
List of illustrations
List of tables
Contents of the microfiche section
1.1 The history and setting of Howe
1.2 The excavation
1.3 The report
1.4mf Phased layer list
2.1 The structural evidence • Phases 1 & 2
2.1.1 Phase 1 • the earliest evidence
2.1.2 Phase 2 • the Maeshowe-type tomb
2.2 Discussion
3 The Early Iron Age settlement • development to roundhouse and broch
3.1 The structural evidence • Phases 3-6
3.1.1 Phase 3 • the earliest Iron Age evidence
3.1.2 Phase 4 • development of the enclosed settlement
3.1.3 Phase 5 • the roundhouse settlement
3.1.4 Phase 5/6
3.1.5 Phase 6 • the early broch
3.2 Discussion
4 The Middle Iron Age broch and settlement
4.1 The structural evidence • Phase 7
4.1.1 Early Phase 7
4.1.2 Later Phase 7
4.1.3 Phase 7/8
4.2 Discussion
5 The Later Iron Age farmstead
5.1 The structural evidence • Phase 8
5.1.1 Early Phase 8
5.1.2 Later Phase 8
5.2 Discussion
6 Later activity: post abandonment
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Plant remains
Camilla Dickson
7.2.1mf pollen and plant tables
7.3 Animal bone
Catherine Smith
7.3.1mf animal bone tables
7.4 Bird remains
Don Bramwell
7.4.1mf bird bone table
7.5 Fish
Alison Locker
7.6 Marine mollusca
Kimble Howard
7.7 Non-marine mollusca
Stephen Carter
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Bone artefacts
with Josephine Constantine
8.2.1mf bone artefact catalogue
8.3. Stone artefacts
with the late Geoffrey Collins
8.3.1mf stone artefact catalogue
8.4 Pumice
8.4.1mf pumice catalogue
8.5 Flint and chert
Daphne Home Lorimer
8.5.1mf flint and chert catalogue
8.6 Metal artefacts
8.6.1mf metal artefact catalogue
8.7 Slag
JG McDonnell
with a note by David Ferguson
8.7.1mf slag distribution and analyses tables
8.8 Glass
Julian Henderson
8.8.1mf glass catalogue and table
8.9 Pottery
Andrewina Ross
8.9.1mf pottery tables
8.10 Other fired clay
8.10.1mf catalogue of other fired clay and unfired clay and mortar
8.11 Finds of the 19th century
8.11.1mf catalogue of 19th century finds
9 The human remains
Daphne Home Lorimer
9.1mf Human bone analysis
10 The radiocarbon dates
Stephen Carter
11.1 Howe: a review of the sequence
Alexandra Shepherd
11.2 Postscript
