Archaeologia Islandica - 01.01.2010, Page 58

RAMONA HARRISON
Phase Occupation Period Dates Dating evidence
1 Settlement Phase Late 9th and early 10th c. LNS 871 in structural turf.
II Later Viking Age Late 10th - mid 11 th c. Context r0531: SUERC -27379: 1025±30BP: cal. C14 AD960-1050 (2 sigma range); cal. C14 AD985-1025 (1 sigma range). Context Í0471: SUERC-27380: 1015±30BP: cal. C14 AD970-1050 (2 sigma range); cal. C14 AD985-1030 (1 sigma range).
III Later Viking Age to Earlier medieval Mid 11th c. Stratigraphy.
IV Earlier medieval Mid 11th - early 12th c. Context Í0101: below H1104. SUERC-27382: 940±30BP; cal. C14AD1020-1160 (2 sigma range); cal. C14 AD1030-1160 (1 sigma range).
V Terminal occupation Mid - late 12th c. Context 0031; above H1104 & below H1300. SUERC-27381: 905±30BP; cal. C14 AD 1030-1210 (2 sigma range); cal. C14 AD1040-1180 (1 sigma range).
Table 1. Break down of the different occupational phases at Skuggi. The sigma 2 (95.4%) cal.
C14 dates are used in the paper.
ly imported glass beads of Viking Age
style (contexts [038], and [051]), another
glass bead that was very badly eroded
[038], and one probably locally produced
sandstone [025] bead were objects of
decorative use (Hreiðarsdóttir 2010:43-
46), while the rest of the finds assem-
blage consists of items of necessities, i.e.
tools, iron smelting debris.
The most elaborate glass bead from
Skuggi was covered with foil of gold or
silver and was possibly produced in the
eastem Mediterranean during the Viking
Age.
Radiocarbon dates from context
[047], cal. C14 AD972-1149 (2 sigma
range); cal AD 990-1030 (1 sigma
range), just above context [051] that con-
tained this bead, date this object to the
Viking Age. The other two glass beads
found in context [038] can also be dated
to the Viking Age, and the blue glass
bead from this context was probably pro-
duced in Scandinavia. The simple sand-
stone bead that was most likely of local
production was found in layers dated to
ca. mid 1 lth c.
Slag followed by fragmented iron
artifacts (i.e. nails, knives, possible fit-
tings, etc.) were the most numerous finds
materials in the artifact collection.
Among the finds were an unidentified
56