Europe, British Isles, Scotland, Orkney Islands, Orkney Northern Islands, Papa Westray, Knap of Howar [Map]
Knap of Howar is in Papa Westray, Orkney Neolithic Farmsteads.
Unstan Ware is finely decorated early Neolithic Pottery from the 4th Millenium BC and the 3rd Millenium BC; elegant shallow bowls with a groove-pattern around the rim, or undecorated round bottomed bowls. The name is from the Unstan Chambered Cairn [Map] where the pottery was first found in 1884. Unstan Ware is found in tombs: Midhowe Chambered Cairn [Map], Tomb of the Eagles [Map], Taversoe Tuick [Map] as well as farmsteads: Knap of Howar [Map].
Carbon Date. 3706BC. Early Neolithic Carbon Dates
Report: Animal bones, id as mixed, (collagen) from primary midden filling south wall-core of House 1, Period I at Knap of Howar [Map], Papa Westray, Orkney, Scotland. Coll A Ritchie. Comment (subm): sample re-run as SRR-452, neither seems reliable.
ID: 3068, C14 ID: SRR-347 Date BP: 5706 +/- 85, Start Date BP: 5621, End BP: 5791
OS Letter: HY, OS East: 483, OS North: 518
Archaeologist Name: A Ritchie
Reference Name: Proc Scot Antiq Scot, 113, 1983, 40-121; Renfrew C, 'The Prehistory of Orkney', 1985, 264
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
3700BC to 2800BC. Knap of Howar [Map] is a Neolithic farmstead.
Carbon Date. 2830BC. Late Neolithic Carbon Dates
Report: Organic buried soil at base of test-pit 16 at Holland, near Knap of Howar [Map], Papa Westray, Orkney, Scotland. Coll A Ritchie.
ID: 2926, C14 ID: Birm-817 Date BP: 4830 +/- 100, Start Date BP: 4730, End BP: 4930
OS Letter: HY, OS East: 477, OS North: 112
Reference Name: Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 113, 1983, 40-121 esp 118
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2770BC. Late Neolithic Carbon Dates
Report: Animal bone, id as mixed (collagen), from primary midden, trench V, Period I at Knap of Howar [Map], Papa Westray, Orkney, Scotland. Coll A Ritchie. Comment (subm): predates houses 1 & 2.
ID: 3076, C14 ID: Birm-816 Date BP: 4770 +/- 180, Start Date BP: 4590, End BP: 4950
OS Letter: HY, OS East: 483, OS North: 518
Archaeologist Name: A Ritchie
Reference Name: Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 113, 1983, 40-121 esp 118; C Renfrew, 'The prehistory of Orkney', 1985, 264
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2765BC. Late Neolithic Carbon Dates
Report: Animal bone (collagen) from secondary midden, trench II, Period II at Knap of Howar [Map], Papa Westray, Orkney, Scotland. Coll A Ritchie.
ID: 3074, C14 ID: SRR-348 Date BP: 4765 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 4695, End BP: 4835
OS Letter: HY, OS East: 483, OS North: 518
Archaeologist Name: A Ritchie
Reference Name: Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 113, 1983, 40-121 esp 118; C Renfrew, 'The prehistory of Orkney', 1985, 264
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2690BC. Late Neolithic Carbon Dates
Report: Animal bone (collagen) from secondary floor deposit, house 2, Period II at Knap of Howar [Map], Papa Westray, Orkney, Scotland. Coll A Ritchie.
ID: 3071, C14 ID: Birm-814 Date BP: 4690 +/- 130, Start Date BP: 4560, End BP: 4820
OS Letter: HY, OS East: 483, OS North: 518
Archaeologist Name: A Ritchie
Reference Name: Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 113, 1983, 40-121 esp 118; C Renfrew, 'The prehistory of Orkney', 1985, 264
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2532BC. Late Neolithic Carbon Dates
Report: Animal bone (collagen), from secondary floor deposit in passage, house 1a, Pd II at Knap of Howar [Map], Papa Westray, Orkney, Scotland. Coll A Ritchie.
ID: 3070, C14 ID: SRR-346 Date BP: 4532 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 4462, End BP: 4602
OS Letter: HY, OS East: 483, OS North: 518
Archaeologist Name: A Ritchie
Reference Name: Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 113, 1983, 40-121 esp 118; C Renfrew, 'The prehistory of Orkney', 1985, 264
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2451BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Animal bone (collagen) from secondary midden, trench III, period II at Knap of Howar [Map], Papa Westray, Orkney, Scotland. Coll A Ritchie.
ID: 3073, C14 ID: SRR-344 Date BP: 4451 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 4381, End BP: 4521
OS Letter: HY, OS East: 483, OS North: 518
Archaeologist Name: A Ritchie
Reference Name: Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 113, 1983, 40-121 esp 118; C Renfrew, 'The prehistory of Orkney', 1985, 264
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2422BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Animal bone, id as mixed (collagen), from primary midden, trench II, Period I at Knap of Howar [Map], Papa Westray, Orkney, Scotland. Coll A Ritchie.
ID: 3075, C14 ID: SRR-349 Date BP: 4422 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 4352, End BP: 4492
OS Letter: HY, OS East: 483, OS North: 518
Archaeologist Name: A Ritchie
Reference Name: Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 113, 1983, 40-121 esp 118; C Renfrew, 'The prehistory of Orkney', 1985, 264
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2348BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Animal bone (collagen), from floor deposit of House 1, Period II at Knap of Howar [Map], Papa Westray, Orkney, Scotland. Coll A Ritchie.
ID: 3069, C14 ID: SRR-345 Date BP: 4348 +/- 75, Start Date BP: 4273, End BP: 4423
OS Letter: HY, OS East: 483, OS North: 518
Archaeologist Name: A Ritchie
Reference Name: Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 113, 1983, 40-121 esp 118; C Renfrew, 'The prehistory of Orkney', 1985, 264
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2270BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Animal bone, id as mixed (collagen), from primary midden in wall core, house 2, Period I at Knap of Howar [Map], Papa Westray, Orkney, Scotland. Coll A Ritchie.
ID: 3077, C14 ID: Birm-813 Date BP: 4270 +/- 100, Start Date BP: 4170, End BP: 4370
OS Letter: HY, OS East: 483, OS North: 518
Archaeologist Name: A Ritchie
Reference Name: Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 113, 1983, 40-121 esp 118; C Renfrew, 'The prehistory of Orkney', 1985, 264
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2250BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Animal bone (collagen) from primary midden, trench IV, Period I at Knap of Howar [Map], Papa Westray, Orkney, Scotland. Coll A Ritchie.
ID: 3072, C14 ID: Birm-815 Date BP: 4250 +/- 130, Start Date BP: 4120, End BP: 4380
OS Letter: HY, OS East: 483, OS North: 518
Archaeologist Name: A Ritchie
Reference Name: Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 113, 1983, 40-121 esp 118; C Renfrew, 'The prehistory of Orkney', 1985, 264
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2081BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Animal bone, id as mixed (collagen), from primary midden in south wall-core, house 1, Period I at Knap of Howar [Map], Papa Westray, Orkney, Scotland. Coll A Ritchie. Comment (subm): SRR-452 & SRR-347 taken from the same sample, ? unreliable.
ID: 3078, C14 ID: SRR-452 Date BP: 4081 +/- 65, Start Date BP: 4016, End BP: 4146
OS Letter: HY, OS East: 483, OS North: 518
Archaeologist Name: A Ritchie
Reference Name: Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 113, 1983, 40-121 esp 118; C Renfrew, 'The prehistory of Orkney', 1985, 264
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767