Coastal erosion and the archaeological assessment of an eroding shoreline at St Boniface Church, Papa Westray, Orkney /

Coastal erosion and the archaeological assessment of an eroding shoreline at St Boniface Church, Papa Westray, Orkney /

St Boniface Church, Papa Westray, Orkney is one of the most important Iron Age sites. Its excavation was undertaken due to serious coastal erosion and results reveal major shifts in its core function: from early ecclesiastical site to fish-processing station, to modern graveyard and church. This rep...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lowe, Christopher, Lowe, Christopher, 1956-
Other Authors: Boardman, Sheila
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Phoenix Mill, Thrupp, Stroud, Gloucestershire : Edinburgh : Sutton Publishing ; Historic Scotland, 1998
Phoenix Mill, Thrupp, Stroud, Gloucestershire : Edinburgh : 1998
Subjects:
St Boniface Church (Papa Westray, Scotland)
Coast changes > Scotland > Papa Westray
Excavations (Archaeology) > Scotland > Papa Westray
Coast changes
Excavations (Archaeology)
Orkney (Scotland) > Antiquities
Papa Westray (Scotland) > Antiquities
Scotland > Papa Westray
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Tables
  • Abstract
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • List of Contributors
  • Pt. 1 Physical, Historical and Archaeological Background (starting p. 1)
  • Archaeological and Historical Background (starting p. 3)
  • Pt. 2 Method and Survey (starting p. 13)
  • Project Design (starting p. 13)
  • Archaeological Survey (starting p. 17)
  • Pt. 3 The Cliff-Section Excavation (starting p. 21)
  • Excavated Structures, Features and Deposits (starting p. 23)
  • Pt. 4 Chronology, Sequence and Phasing (starting p. 97)
  • Radiocarbon Dating, Calibration and Statistical Analysis (starting p. 97) / Magnar Dalland
  • The Artefactual Sequence (starting p. 108)
  • Anthropogenic Content and the Ecofactual Sequence (starting p. 109)
  • The Architectural Sequence (starting p. 113)
  • Correlation of Dating Evidence (starting p. 114)
  • Phasing and Connected Account (starting p. 114)
  • Pt. 5 Material Culture (starting p. 125)
  • The Coarse Pottery / Ann MacSween
  • catalogue / Jenny Shiels
  • geological identifications and comment (starting p. 125) / Dianne Dixon
  • The Coarse Stone, Flint and Pumice (starting p. 133) / Ann Clark
  • The Worked Bone and Antler (starting p. 139) / Graeme Wilson
  • Metal Artefacts and Metalworking (starting p. 142) / Ann MacSween, Gerry McDonnell
  • Lime Mortar (starting p. 144) / Christopher Lowe
  • Pt. 6 The Palaeoenvironmental Evidence (starting p. 145)
  • Human Bone (starting p. 145) / Daphne Home Lorimer
  • Mammal Bone (starting p. 146) / Finbar McCormick
  • Fish Bone (starting p. 149) / Ruby Ceron-Carrasco
  • Bird Bone (starting p. 155) / Sheila Hamilton-Dyer
  • The Crustacean Remains (starting p. 155) / Sheila Hamilton-Dyer
  • Mollusc Shell (starting p. 156) / Stephen Carter
  • The Charred Plant Remains (starting p. 157) / Sheila Boardman
  • Carbonized Wood (starting p. 161) / Anne Crone
  • Pollen Analysis of the Late Iron Age Buried Soil (starting p. 162) / Richard Tipping
  • Diatoms (starting p. 169) / David G. Mann
  • Soil Micromorphology (starting p. 172) / Stephen Carter
  • Pt. 7 Discussion (starting p. 187)
  • 'Farm Mounds' and the Formation of the Area 1 Sediments (starting p. 187) / Stephen Carter
  • The Settlement Complex: Discussion and Overview (starting p. 199)
  • Conclusion (starting p. 209)
  • Bibliography (starting p. 211)

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