| Title: |
Excavation of Pictish and Viking-age farmsteads at Buckquoy, Orkney
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| Issue: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 108 |
| Series: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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| Volume: |
108
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| Page Start/End: |
174 - 227 |
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| Licence Type: |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
HY 243282. Excavation revealed five superimposed farmsteads and quantities of finds. Phases I-II were Pictish, 7th to early 8th centuries, with a distinctive 'figure-of-eight' shaped house plan in II. Phases III-V had typically Norse house plans, and a final date for occupation is provided by a furnished burial made in the ruins of the Phase V house and dated to third quarter of 10th century. A degree of social integration between Pict and Norseman seems evident. Substantial quantities of data on environment and economy are the subject of specialist reports, and among the small finds are a ring-headed pin, gaming boards, and bone combs and animal-headed pins. |
| Year of Publication: |
1976
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Farmsteads (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Ringheaded Pin Gaming (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Bone (Auto Detected Subject) |
| 10th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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FUNERARY SITE
(Monument Type England)
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| Pins (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Source: |
ADS Archive
(ADS Archive)
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| Created Date: |
05 Dec 2008 |
