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The Early Medieval Origin of Perth, Scotland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

D W Hall ,
G T Cook ,
M A Hall ,
G K P Muir ,
D Hamilton  and
E M Scott
D W Hall
Affiliation:
SUAT Ltd., 55 South Methven Street, Perth, Scotland PH1 5NX, United Kingdom
G T Cook*
Affiliation:
SUERC, Scottish Enterprise Technology Park, Rankine Avenue, East Kilbride, Scotland G75 0QF, United Kingdom
M A Hall
Affiliation:
Perth Museum and Art Gallery, 78 George Street, Perth, Scotland PH1 5LB, United Kingdom
G K P Muir
Affiliation:
SUERC, Scottish Enterprise Technology Park, Rankine Avenue, East Kilbride, Scotland G75 0QF, United Kingdom
D Hamilton
Affiliation:
English Heritage, 23 Savile Row, London, England W1S 2ET, United Kingdom
E M Scott
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland G12 8QW, United Kingdom
*
Corresponding author. Email: g.cook@suerc.gla.ac.uk
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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 14C 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.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 49 , Issue 2 , 2007 , pp. 639 - 644
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Copyright © 2007 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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