The Early Medieval Origin of Perth, Scotland

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ID9244141
AuthorsD W Hall, G T Cook, M A Hall, G K P Muir, D Hamilton (0000-0001-9475-5030), E M Scott (0009-0001-5996-5734)
Year2007
Volume49
Issue2
Pages639-644
Publication date2007-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRadiocarbon (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-8222 • E-ISSN: 1945-5755
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0033822200042533
OpenAlexW2154909099
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited10

The radiocarbon results (and Bayesian modeling) of 15 samples of carbonized food residues removed from the external surface of rim sherds of cooking pots indicate that shellyware pottery first appeared in Perth, Scotland, around cal AD 910–1020 (95% probability) and that it had disappeared by cal AD 1020–1140 (95% probability). Previously, it had been suggested that this pottery could not date to before AD 1150. These data, together with 14 C analyses carried out on leather artifacts and a sample of wattle from a ditch lining, also demonstrate that there was occupation in Perth about 100 yr or more prior to the granting of royal burgh status to Perth in the 1120s

Archaeology · Ditch · Geography · Physical geography · Pottery · Radiocarbon dating · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · Scottish History and National Identity · Geology

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