ABCD: 1155

Scord of Brouster 77-9 Shetland

Site code:

1155

Site details:

Location: Scord of Brouster 77-9, Shetland, 1986, Shetland, Scotland HU2561517
Period: 2500bc-c.200-300ad
Category: agricultural settlement
Notes: floors & occ. deposits; raised floors & recesses; hearths
Topography: coastal island
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Milles A. 1986. Charred remains of barley and other plants from Scord of Brouster. 119-124. In: A. Whittle. Scord of Brouster an early agricultural settlement on Shetland, excavations 1977-79. Oxford University Committee for Archaeology Monograph no 9. Oxford. Scotland, Shetland

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AM - Milles, Annie: Cardiff Univ/EAU York

Sample: 1155a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
?	H2 Phase 1	floor layer	nr	?	?	?
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: bu Dating method: ? Dating validity: ? Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: -
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Atriplex/Chenopodium sp. pro c 1 1 Cerastium fontanum/Stellaria media pro c 24 3 Cerealia pro c 174 4 Cerealia/Gramineae clm c !3 91 4 Cerealia/Gramineae lvs c 1 1 cf. Alchemilla sp. pro c 1 1 cf. Cerastium fontanum/Stellaria media pro c 21 3 cf. Chenopodium sp. pro c 14 3 cf. Chenopodium sp./Caryophyllaceae pro c 27 3 cf. Danthonia decumbens pro c 2 1 cf. Molinia caerulea pro c 3 1 cf. Potentilla pro c 1 1 cf. Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro c T 1 1 cf. Rumex sp. pro c !2 4 1 Chenopodium sp. pro c 3 1 Chenopodium sp./Caryophyllaceae pro c 26 3 Ericaceae pro c 28 3 Gramineae pro c 29 3 Hordeum sp. pro c ! 170 4 Hordeum sp. rch c 1 1 indet. pro c 26 3 Molinia caerulea pro c 7 2 Potamogeton sp. pro c 1 1 Potentilla erecta pro c 1 1 Pteridium aquilinum pin c 1 1 Rumex sp. pro c !2 2 1 Triticum sp. pro c 2 1

Sample: 1155b

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
?	H2 Phase 2	floor/raised floor/recess	nr	?	?	?
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: bu Dating method: ? Dating validity: ? Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: -
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Aphanes microcarpa pro c 1 1 Caryophyllaceae/Portulacaceae pro c 1 1 Cerastium fontanum/Stellaria media pro c 4 1 Cerealia pro c 26 3 Cerealia/Gramineae clm c !2 340 4 Cerealia/Gramineae lvs c 2 1 cf. Cerastium fontanum/Stellaria media pro c 5 2 Chenopodium sp. pro c 2 1 Chenopodium/Caryophyllaceae pro c 8 2 Ericaceae pro c 43 3 Galeopsis sp. pro c 1 1 Gramineae pro c 33 3 Hordeum vulgare pro c ! 192 4 indet. pro c 15 3 Lychnis flos-cuculi pro c 1 1 Molinia caerulea pro c 5 2 Potamogeton sp. pro c 1 1 Rumex sp. pro c !3 3 1 Triticum/Hordeum sp. pro c 1 1 Viola sp. pro c 1 1

Sample: 1155c

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
?	H1 Phase 1	floor	nr	?	?	?
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: bu Dating method: ? Dating validity: ? Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: -
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Aphanes microcarpa pro c 40 3 Atriplex sp. pro c 1 1 Atriplex/Chenopodium sp. pro c 2 1 Carex sp. pro c 35 3 Caryophyllaceae/Portulacaceae pro c 1 1 Cerastium fontanum/Stellaria media pro c 4 1 Cerealia pro c 9 2 Cerealia/Gramineae clm c !2 578 5 Cerealia/Gramineae lvs c 1 1 cf. Chenopodium sp./Caryophyllaceae pro c 7 2 cf. Ericaceae pro c 5 2 cf. Galeopsis sp. pro c 1 1 cf. Galeopsis tetrahit pro c 1 1 cf. Poa sp. pro c 1 1 Chenopodium sp./Caryophyllaceae pro c 11 3 Ericaceae pro c 19 3 Hordeum vulgare pro c ! 4 1 indet. pro c 38 3 Plantago lanceolata/maritima type pro c 2 1 Rumex sp. pro c !3 7 2

Sample: 1155d

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
?	H1 Phase 2	floor & hearth	nr	?	?	?
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: bu Dating method: ? Dating validity: ? Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: -
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Calluna vulgaris pro c 6 2 Carex sp. pro c 52 4 Caryophyllaceae/Portulacaceae pro c 5 2 Cerastium fontanum/Stellaria media pro c 22 3 Cerealia pro c 9 2 Cerealia/Gramineae clm c !3 168 4 cf. Alchemilla sp. pro c 3 1 cf. Danthonia decumbens pro c 1 1 cf. Galeopsis sp. pro c 4 1 cf. Molinia caerulea pro c 1 1 cf. Poa sp. pro c 1 1 cf. Potentilla erecta pro c 2 1 Chenopodium sp./Caryophyllaceae pro c 23 3 Eleocharis palustris/uniglumis pro c 1 1 Ericaceae pro c 44 3 Gramineae pro c 4 1 Hordeum vulgare pro c !2 75 4 Hordeum vulgare rch c ! 7 2 indet. pro c 36 3 Molinia caerulea/Danthonia decumbens pro c 2 1 Plantago lanceolata/maritima pro c 1 1 Potamogeton sp. pro c 1 1 Potentilla/Fragaria pro c 1 1 Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro c T 1 1 Rumex acetosella pro c 1 1 Rumex sp. pro c !4 4 1 Spergula arvensis pro c 4 1

Sample: 1155e

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
?	H3 Phase 1	floor	nr	?	?	?
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: bu Dating method: ? Dating validity: ? Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: -
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Calluna vulgaris pro c 2 1 Carex sp. pro c 27 3 Cerastium fontanum/Stellaria media pro c 2 1 Cerealia pro c 356 4 Cerealia/Gramineae clm c !3 122 4 Cerealia/Gramineae lvs s 6 2 cf. Plantago sp. pro c 1 1 cf. Potentilla sp. pro c 1 1 cf. Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro c N 2 1 cf. Spergula arvensis pro c 4 1 Chenopodium sp./Caryophyllaceae pro c 12 3 Danthonia decumbens pro c 1 1 Eleocharis palustris/uniglumis pro c 1 1 Ericaceae pro c 27 3 Gramineae pro c 1 1 Hordeum vulgare pro c !2 2666 5 Hordeum vulgare rch c ! 25 3 indet. pro c 43 3 Plantago lanceolata/maritima type pro c 5 2 Poa sp. pro c 1 1 Potamogeton sp. pro c 7 2 Pteridium aquilinum pin c 1 1 Rumex acetosella pro c 1 1 Rumex sp. pro c !4 9 2 Triticum/Hordeum sp. pro c 1 1

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