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Eight papers on periods from Neo to postmed. Alasdair Whittle (pp 1-26) contributes 'Scord of Brouster and early settlement in Shetland', discussing Neo agriculture, population, and settlement complexity [previously noted in 83/9608]. R G Lamb (27-46), in 'Sumburgh: prehistory under sand', summarizes excavations on two 2nd millennium bc houses and a complex sequence of ard-marks, with a discussion of machair settlement. In 'Some thoughts on the Shetland Iron Age' (47-84), Noel Fojut concentrates on the field evidence for non-broch sites, especially promontory forts and other defended sites (appendix of 106 sites). S Cracknell & B Smith, in 'Excavation at Mavis Grind' (85-94), summarize work reported earlier (85/519) on the BA-EIA site. G F Bigelow (95-127), 'Sandwick, Unst and Late Norse Shetland economy', uses the excavation of a settlement of AD 1100-1500 to discuss trade between Shetland and Orkney and its relation to an increase in fishing in 13th-14th centuries. Barbara E Crawford (128-58) offers 'The Biggings, Papa Stour - a multidisciplinary investigation' on the discovery of a plank-floored structure in a location predicted by historical and place-name research. In 'Building tradition in Shetland: the vernacular evidence', Alexander Fenton (159-74) includes a description of 'stock-stove' houses whose wooden linings may have been imported from Norway. Finally, Tom Henderson (175-212) summarizes the 14 historic wreck sites in Shetland waters, and describes the legal control exercised on the seabed by Shetland Islands Council, in 'Shipwreck and underwater archaeology in Shetland'. I A G S |
