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A Norse Farmstead in the Outer Hebrides
Excavations at Mound 3, Bornais, South Uist
A Norse Farmstead
in the Outer Hebrides
Excavations at Mound 3, Bornais, South Uist
edited by
Niall Sharples
With contributions by
J Bond, J Cartledge, A Clarke, S Colledge, I Dennis, R Gale, M Hamilton,
C Ingrem, A Lane, J Light, P Macdonald, P Marshall, K Milek,
J Mulville, A Smith, H Smith and T Young
Cardiff Studies in Archaeology
Oxbow Books
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Contents
Published by
Oxbow Books, Park End Place, Oxford OX1 1HN
© Niall Sharples and the individual authors, 2005
ISBN 1 84217 169 0
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Contents
v
Contents
Illustrations
Tables
List of Contributors
1
Introduction – N Sharples ............................................................................................................
1
The beginning ............................................................................................................................................................ 1
South Uist ................................................................................................................................................................... 1
The history of recent research on South Uist .......................................................................................................... 2
The Norse context for the excavations ..................................................................................................................... 6
Publication strategy .................................................................................................................................................... 7
Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................................................. 10
2
Surveying the mounds .................................................................................................................
11
The physical topography of the settlement – N Sharples ..................................................................................... 11
The geophysical survey – M A Hamilton, N Sharples and T Young ................................................................. 11
Gradiometer survey ............................................................................................................................................ 13
Resistivity survey ............................................................................................................................................... 14
Mound 1 results ................................................................................................................................................. 17
The enclosure ..................................................................................................................................................... 17
Mounds 2 and 3 introduction ........................................................................................................................... 19
Mound 2 ............................................................................................................................................................. 19
Mound 2A .......................................................................................................................................................... 19
Mound 2B ........................................................................................................................................................... 19
Mound 3 ............................................................................................................................................................. 23
Off-mound activity ............................................................................................................................................. 23
Discussion ................................................................................................................................................................. 26
3
Methodologies .............................................................................................................................
28
Excavation strategy – N Sharples ........................................................................................................................... 28
Sampling – N Sharples and H Smith ..................................................................................................................... 34
Sediment analysis of floor layers – H Smith and P Marshall .............................................................................. 34
Soil micromorphology – K Milek ........................................................................................................................... 35
Pottery – A Lane and J Bond .................................................................................................................................. 36
Fragmentation analysis – N Sharples ..................................................................................................................... 38
Artefact methodology – A Clarke, I Dennis, P Macdonald and A Smith ........................................................... 38
Slag and related materials – T Young ................................................................................................................... 38
Carbonised plant remains – S Colledge and H Smith .......................................................................................... 39
Crop species ....................................................................................................................................................... 39
Wild plants ......................................................................................................................................................... 39
Charcoal – R Gale .................................................................................................................................................... 40
Mammalian bone – J Mulville ................................................................................................................................ 40
Bird bone – J Cartledge ........................................................................................................................................... 41
Fish bone – C Ingrem .............................................................................................................................................. 41
Marine shell – N Sharples ....................................................................................................................................... 42
Crab – J Light .......................................................................................................................................................... 42

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