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Flax-growing in Orkney from the Norse period to the 18th century

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New material from excavations at Pool, Sanday, stimulates an examination of the botany, cultivation, and processing of flax, together with its value in early subsistence economies. Rather than having been introduced in the 18th century, flax cultivation may have taken place from the Norse period to modern times. Au (adp A R)

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1978The Northern Isles: Orkney and Shetland 1971Textile Manufacture in the Northern Roman Provinces 1971Textile Manufacture in the Northern Roman Provinces 1983Trial excavations on Pictish and Viking settlements at Saevar Howe, Birsay, Orkney

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