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FORNFRØDILIG RANNSOKN I UPPISTOVUBEITINUM I LEIRVIK


Fig. 6. Examples ofa special type qf'local pottery

Dømi um ílatabrot av serligum slag úr føroyskum leir

eral sites on the islands. The type cannot as

such be dated but occurs in a late Viking-

Age/Early Medieval context, i.e. it is found

on both investigated shieling sites - í Ergi-

dali, Suðuroy, and undir Argisbrekku, Eyst-

uroy - and shielings are a Viking-Age/Ear-

ly Medieval phenomenon in the Faroes

(Mahler, 1991). How long the type was in

use is as yet not known.

Imported finds or artefacts of imported

raw material were also abundant. As far as

artefacts of steatite and schist are con-

cerned, the material differs little from what

is found on other sites, and consists mainly

of steatite vessels or reused artefacts

formed from steatite sherds, hones of dark

fine grained schist and the lighter more

coarse grained schist, some of these are