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						/ UPPISTOVUBEITINUM. SITE AND SETTLEMENT

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Fig. 5. Types ofspindle whorles oflead, steatite and local tufa

Ymisk sløg av rennlum úr blýggj, fitisteini og royðu

to the 18th Century, although one could still

fínd a few people during the 19th Century

practicing this craft (Arge, 1990:43-46).

Although our knowledge of this exciting

find category is as yet somewhat sporadic,

as the material has not been studied as a

whole, certain characteristica have been de-

fined - also in the material from ;" Uppi-

stovubeitinum, fig. 6. It is especially the

side- and rimsherds that are characteristic

in that they are thickest somewhat below

the rim and then become very thin lower

down. In my opinion we are dealing here

with a certain type which is found on sev-