Plant Use in the Mesolithic: Evidence from Staosnaig,Isle of Colonsay,Scotland |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, PB 6762 St. Olavs plass, 0130 Oslo, Norway;2. Stoneslab, Säves v. 40, 75263 Uppsala, Sweden;1. Archaeological Research Laboratory, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University, Wallenberglaboratoriet, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden;2. National Museum of Denmark, Environmental Archaeology and Materials Science Department, Frederiksholms Kanal 12, DK-1220 Copenhagen K, Denmark;3. Osteoarchaeological Research Laboratory, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University, Wallenberglaboratoriet, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden;4. National Historical Museums, Roxengatan 7, SE-582 73 Linköping, Sweden;5. Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Øster voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark;6. The Cultural Heritage Foundation, Stora Gatan 41, SE-72212 Västerås, Sweden;1. Department of Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech Life Sciences University, 961/129 Kamýcká, 165 00 Praha-Suchdol, Czech Republic;2. Geography Department, Durham University, Science Labs, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK;3. Department of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RZ, UK;4. Department of History and Archaeology, University of Chester, Parkgate Road, Chester CH1 4BJ, UK;5. Archaeology, SAHC, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK;6. Department of Archaeology, University of York, The King''s Manor, York Y01 7EP, UK |
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| Abstract: | Although it is almost 25 years since David Clark argued that there would have been substantial plant use during the Mesolithic, clear evidence to support his argument in terms of sites with large quantities of plant remains continue to be elusive in the archaeological record. In this paper we describe the plant remains from the site of Staosnaig on the Isle of Colonsay in Western Scotland, which appears to provide precisely the type of evidence that Clark anticipated. We argue that a very large number of hazelnuts were exploited at this site within a short period of time, together with a substantial quantity ofRanunculus ficaria L. |
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