tata, -

1

pottery

1336

stone

633

bone

342

ceramic

312

wbone

151

iron

94

clay

86

cstone

81

cu alloy

68

antler

53

shell

33

lithic

30

skeletal material

19

steatite

19

misc

18

glass

12

stone?

11

?

8

plant

8

sample

8

silver

8

wood

8

ind

7

antler or bone

6

horn

6

metal

6

animal bone

5

clay

5

hbone

5

slag

5

flint

4

paper

4

tooth

4

whale bone

4

bone or antler

3

cbm

3

copper alloy

3

samples

3

wbone?

3

amber

2

haematite

2

jet

2

Mixed

2

other

2

stone (?)

2

stone(?)

2

tusk

2

various

2

amber?

1

bird bone

1

bone, stone, pottery, flint

1

bone/hbone

1

c

1

carnelian

1

cast

1

ceramci

1

ceramic?

1

cetacean bone

1

coin

1

cu alloy + iron

1

cu alloy?

1

gold

1

hbone & organic

1

hbone?

1

horn/antler?

1

horn?

1

human bone and small finds

1

human bone, animal and fish bone

1

human remains and iron

1

industrial residue

1

iron? or slag?

1

lead

1

mortar

1

n/a

1

organic+bone

1

pumice

1

resin

1

sandstone

1

shell+stone

1

siltstone

1

steatite and human bone

1

stone + mortar

1

stone + shell + metal

1

stone + wbone

1

stone+ind

1

stone+metal

1

textile

1

ukn

1

unbaked clay

1

uncertain

1

unspecified

1

walrus ivory

1

whale bone tool, five sherds of iron age pottery.

1

wstone

1

potsherd

2066

object not specified

1650

flint

1327

flora

716

fragment

374

bone, animal

269

point

226

pin

220

bone, fish

171

sherd

156

unclassified

153

nail

137

hammerstone

122

pot

113

pot lid

112

bone, bird

92

bone, burnt

90

fragments

85

tooth, animal

84

pounder

82

whorl

82

pestle/hammerstone

79

object

74

spindle whorl

74

awl

70

quernstone

66

comb

55

marine mollusca

50

bone

49

polisher

46

vessel

45

coin

44

number not assigned

44

lipid deposit

43

loomweight

42

whetstone

42

pounder/polisher

40

quern, rotary

40

archaeological find

38

handle

37

mattock

37

tine object

36

sherds

35

stone, pecked and hollowed

34

lump

33

grinder/hammerstone

32

insect remains

32

grinder

30

pestle

30

pivot stone

29

Excavation assemblage

28

spatula

28

nail shank

27

bone pin

26

grinder/polisher

26

loomweight, unfired

26

pin, roughout

26

bead

24

needle

24

shell

24

steatite fragment

24

tool

22

archaeological finds

21

pot sherd

20

comb, composite

19

scapula tool

19

skaill knife

19

stone tool

19

charcoal

18

HUMAN BONE

18

knife blade

18

worked stone?

18

clay pipe

17

iron object

17

rim sherd

17

shovel

17

bone, human

16

macehead

16

perforated bone artefact

16

scrapers+flints

16

stone

16

bone point

15

land snail

15

point/pin

15

scraper

15

pumice piece

14

scoop

14

iron fragments

13

perforated stone

13

stone flake

13

knife

12

nail head

12

prehistoric pottery sherd.

12

slag

12

whetstone?

12

burnt clay

11

point, bone

11

rove

11

ard point

10

bar

10

environmental sample

10

pick

10

rounded rib

10

spatulate rubbing and polishing implement

10

ard share

9

arrowhead

9

axe

9

bone tool

9

cleaver

9

cup stone

9

mould

9

pebble

9

pot (rim)

9

ring

9

siltstone fragment

9

stone, perforated

9

tooth

9

ball

8

bone fragment

8

Brooch

8

crucible

8

disc

8

mortar

8

mount

8

object, stone

8

pinhead

8

plate

8

pumice artefact

8

sea shells

8

shell mortar

8

sinker

8

stone ball

8

axehead

7

blade

7

bottle

7

button

7

clench bolt

7

counter

7

lamp

7

lamp, stone

7

object, bone

7

pebble cache

7

perforated strip

7

polished tine

7

quern

7

rim sherd+sherds

7

roughout

7

rubber

7

sheet fragment

7

sheet fragments

7

whorl, bone

7

worked bone

7

bone, mammal

6

Buckle

6

cramp

6

hammer

6

hollowed stone

6

lumps

6

manufacturing debris

6

not used

6

perforated sheet

6

pottery

6

red grouse

6

rivet

6

stone implements

6

stone rubber

6

stone, burnt

6

toggle

6

tusk

6

ard

5

bog iron sample

5

building stone

5

deer antler

5

flint flake

5

flints

5

gannet

5

hammerstone/polisher

5

hollowed cobble

5

nail fragments

5

nail or stud

5

peg

5

pin shank, bone

5

pin, bone

5

plate, perforated

5

polisher?

5

potsherds

5

problem

5

quernstone rubber

5

sheet

5

stone, incised

5

whetstone, slate

5

worked bone fragment

5

antler fragment

4

archaeological assemblage

4

armlet

4

bone plaque

4

chisel

4

comb, long handled

4

ecofact, fauna

4

Flaked stone bar

4

gaming board

4

horn

4

incised stone

4

iron fragment

4

lid

4

perforated bone

4

pumice

4

rim sherds+sherds

4

shellfish

4

sinker?

4

stone chip

4

stone object

4

strike-a-light

4

strip fragments

4

weight, steatite

4

whorl, sandstone

4

whorl, steatite

4

antler

3

antler point

3

arrowhead (flint)

3

arrowhead?

3

beach pebble

3

boar's tusk

3

bodkin

3

carved stone

3

chain link

3

comb, antler

3

comb, bone

3

copper alloy object

3

cu alloy fragment

3

fired clay

3

floor tile

3

golden plover

3

grooved stone

3

hammerstone?

3

handle, antler

3

human bones

3

iron object, ?nail

3

knife blade fragment

3

nail fragment

3

nails

3

oyster shell

3

perforated cetacean bone implement (whale bone)

3

pestle/rubber

3

pin, needle, or point, bone

3

point, antler

3

potlid

3

rivet plate

3

rubber/polisher

3

runestone

3

skeleton

3

starling

3

steatite vessel fragment

3

stone (natural?)

3

strip fragment

3

symbol stone

3

tine, perforated

3

tool?

3

tube

3

unknown

3

vessel, steatite

3

weight

3

whetstone, siltstone

3

worked stone

3

amulet

2

animal bone

2

animal tooth

2

ard share?

2

artefact, stone

2

bar or strap

2

bead or whorl?

2

beads

2

bird bone object

2

bird bone whistle

2

boar tusk

2

bone comb

2

bone rubber

2

bone, worked

2

bronze fragment

2

brooch pin

2

burnt stone?

2

chain links

2

charred grain

2

clay fragment

2

comb fragment, bone

2

cormorant

2

crucible?

2

decorative stone

2

disc, polished

2

Drawing

2

fitting

2

flint (flakes)

2

flint blade

2

flint chip

2

flint scraper

2

fragment, jet

2

furnace fragment?

2

furnace piece?

2

gaming piece

2

glass fragment

2

greenshank

2

haematite fragment

2

implement, bone

2

iron fragments (tiny)

2

little auk

2

macehead?

2

peg, antler

2

penny

2

perforated bone, ?whistle

2

perforated phalange

2

pin?

2

plant

2

plaque

2

pot (postmed)

2

pot (postmed?)

2

pot sherds

2

pot?

2

projectile point

2

reconstruction drawing

2

redwing

2

rim sherd +sherd

2

rim sherd+sherd

2

ring fragment

2

rude stone implement

2

sample

2

scraper/polisher

2

small archaeological finds

2

small bone pin

2

spearhead

2

spoon

2

staple

2

stone ard

2

stone artefact

2

stone disc

2

stone roughout

2

stone spindle whorl

2

stone waste lump

2

stone, ?natural

2

stone, grooved

2

stone, pecked and decorated

2

teeth

2

tusks

2

tweezers

2

urn

2

used stone

2

vessel fragment

2

vessel rim

2

whale bone artefact

2

whalebone block

2

whetstone frag (possible)

2

whorl?

2

wire fragments

2

wood

2

worked antler

2

?antler pick

1

?flint ballast

1

?polisher

1

|hollowed cobble

1

1 tiny brick fragment

1

2 sherds postmedieval pottery

1

adze sleeve

1

amber

1

amulet, replica

1

animal teeth

1

antler burr

1

antler comb

1

antler object

1

antler tine

1

antler tine, worked

1

antler with cut marks

1

antler with cutmarks

1

antler, worked

1

anvil stone (possible)

1

archaeological material, isbister tomb

1

ardshare

1

armorial stone, medieval

1

arrowhead, flint

1

artefact, bone

1

assemblage from watching brief 2003

1

axe (stone)

1

axe/macehead

1

bakelite? fragment

1

bar clasp

1

barnhouse excavation material

1

basalt fragment

1

beach pebble fragment

1

beachview excavation (morris xxxx)

1

bead or spindlewhorl

1

bead, dumb-bell

1

bead?

1

beater

1

bell

1

boar tusks

1

bone + teeth

1

bone comb fragment

1

bone comb, high-backed

1

bone handle

1

bone human & animal

1

bone mount

1

bone needle?

1

bone or antler pin

1

bone plate

1

bone points

1

bone shovel

1

bone sliver, shaped

1

bone strap end

1

bone working waste?

1

bone, parallelepiped

1

bone, rabbit

1

bone, unclassified

1

bone+iron

1

bone+iron pin

1

bone-handled knife

1

bones

1

boot plate fragment

1

boot plate?

1

bracelet

1

brent goose

1

brick fragments

1

bronze axehead

1

bronze strap end

1

bronze, sheet fragments

1

brooch fragment

1

brooch, bronze

1

bu broch excavation (j.w.hedges 1978)

1

bu sands (various xxxx)

1

buckle?

1

burial urn

1

burnisher

1

burnt bone+ ceramic

1

burnt clay conc. incl. 1 with vfa

1

butchered bone

1

calf skeleton

1

carved panel

1

carved stone fragment

1

carved stone, medieval

1

casting jet

1

cetacean radius, groved

1

chain

1

chain mail?

1

charcoal fragment

1

chert flake

1

chert fragment

1

chopping block

1

cinder and slag

1

clamp

1

claws

1

clay + vfa

1

clay lump

1

clay pipe fragments

1

clay pipe stem

1

clay spindle whorl

1

cleat

1

cleat excavation material

1

coil

1

coin, penny

1

coin, silver

1

comb case

1

comb end plate

1

comb rivet plate

1

comb tooth

1

comb, composite, end plate

1

comb, one piece

1

comb, single-sided

1

comb, socketed handle

1

comb?

1

coprolite

1

corncrake

1

cow bone

1

cowrie shells

1

crake

1

cremated material

1

cremation debris

1

cresset

1

cross

1

cross mould

1

Cross slab

1

cross slab, stone

1

'crotal' or animal rumbler bell, medieval

1

cu alloy annular brooch, medieval

1

cu alloy coin or button

1

cu alloy dagger chape

1

cu alloy rod (small)

1

cu alloy snaffle bit

1

cup

1

cup stone + pumice

1

curlew

1

cut antler

1

cut antler fragment

1

cut bone frg

1

decorated bone handle

1

decorated pebble

1

decorated pot

1

deer bone/antler

1

deer metacarpal, worked

1

disc (?potlid)

1

disc with central perforation

1

discarded

1

dish, stone

1

dog skull

1

door pivot?

1

dressed stone fragment

1

duck (eider)

1

duck ?eider

1

duck, common scoter?

1

dunlin

1

eider or juv goose

1

entry crossed out

1

excavated finds

1

excavation assemblage.

1

excavation material

1

fe nail/pin

1

fibre

1

fieldwalking collection

1

fieldwalking material

1

finds from fieldwalking

1

finger ring

1

fired clay fragment

1

fish bone

1

fish bones

1

fish gorge

1

fish hook?

1

flagstone fragment

1

flake, sandstone

1

flint (includng arrowhead)

1

flint blade fragment?

1

flint blade?

1

flint core

1

flint core fragment

1

flint flake (cortical)

1

flint nodule

1

flint object

1

flints+sherds

1

fork

1

'fork' bone

1

fork, bone

1

fossil

1

fossil (?belemnite)_

1

fossil crinoid

1

fossils+shells

1

fragment of a pictish symbol stone

1

fragment of whale bone

1

fragments (4)

1

fragments of tomb

1

furnace frags?

1

furnace?

1

glass bead

1

glass fragments

1

glass vessel fragment

1

glazed medieval tile fragments

1

globule

1

gold ring

1

goose

1

gouge

1

granite samples

1

gravestone

1

gravestone?

1

great skua

1

green porphyry fragment

1

greenshank cf

1

grouse cf

1

gull sp

1

gunflint/strike-a-light

1

haematite

1

hair, bovine

1

hammer (?macehead)

1

hammer/pounder

1

hammerstone/rubber

1

handaxe

1

handaxe, palaeolithic

1

handle plate

1

handle(?), antler

1

handle, bone

1

handle, socketed

1

hazel nuts

1

hearth lining/fuel ash slag??

1

herring gull or black headed gull

1

hinge pivot?

1

hogback grave marker

1

hollowed & grooved stone

1

hone

1

hone?

1

horn core

1

horn core, cut marks

1

horn?

1

horseshoe

1

horseshoe fragment

1

howe excavation (nosas 1978-82)

1

human and animal bone

1

human skull fragment

1

human teeth

1

implement part

1

implement, stone

1

impression of cross mould

1

industrial residue

1

industrial waste

1

industrial waste + container

1

industrial waste/pumice

1

intaglio, carnelian

1

iron knife or harrow tooth

1

iron object, ?pin

1

iron objects

1

iron objects, ?nails

1

iron pyrites

1

iron slag?

1

iron, tiny fragment

1

jet bead or pinhead

1

key

1

knife (flint)

1

knife blade or sickle

1

knife handle?

1

knife?

1

knocking stone

1

lava

1

lavacroon (batey xxxx)

1

lead on industrial waste?

1

lead plaque with runes, norse

1

lead weight

1

lid, stone

1

lime mortar

1

limestone statue of st rognvald

1

limpet shell

1

line stretcher

1

loans - see old catalogue and loans catalogue

1

lock bolt

1

logs

1

loom weight, fired clay

1

loomweight or netsinker?

1

lump of ochre

1

macehead frag.?

1

mammal & bird bones

1

mandible

1

map

1

marked skull

1

marked stone

1

mattock head fragment?

1

mattock?

1

medieval coin (silver)

1

medieval cu alloy annular brooch

1

medieval cu alloy seal matrix

1

medieval matrix/ mould + pewter cross

1

medieval portable altar?

1

medieval sanctus handbell

1

medieval/16c cooking pot fragments

1

metal finger ring

1

metal fragment associated with 2013/004.1

1

metal pin

1

metapodial with polished surfaces

1

mineralised leather?

1

misc bones

1

miscellaneous fragments

1

mortar fragment

1

mould fragment?

1

mould ingate

1

mould, steatite

1

mount, enamelled

1

mount, perforated

1

mudstone flake

1

nail head?

1

nail or key

1

nail shank?

1

nail/pin?

1

natural rock

1

necklace plate

1

necklet

1

needle case

1

needle case, bone

1

needle or pin

1

needle, bone

1

needle/bodkin

1

needle/fish gorge?

1

needle-case

1

nut or seed

1

object, smoother

1

one claw

1

ore

1

organic

1

original illustrations of a selection of skara brae objects

1

otter skull

1

oyster shell, perforated

1

paint container and red pigment

1

pair of whale teeth

1

passerines

1

pebble, cut and polished

1

pebble, painted

1

pebble, polished

1

pebble/natural stone

1

penannular brooch

1

penannular brooch, cu alloy

1

pencil

1

pendant or spindle whorl

1

perforated antler

1

perforated disc

1

perforated stone fragment

1

pictish symbol stone

1

pierced tooth

1

pig bone

1

pig metapodial, perforated

1

pig skeleton

1

pigment

1

pin fragment

1

pin head, bone

1

pin, copper alloy

1

pin/comb?

1

pinhead, bone

1

pin-head, jet

1

pivot or cup stone

1

pivot socket

1

plaque, bone

1

plate fragments

1

point, antler or bone

1

point, antler/bone

1

polished bone

1

polished pebble

1

polished stone

1

possible amulet

1

possible gaming piece

1

possibly worked bone

1

pot & stone

1

pot or brick

1

pot rim sherd + sherds

1

pot+ ?tile

1

potlid, stone

1

pottery or mould fragment?

1

pottery vessel sherd

1

pumice or fuel ash

1

pumice?

1

quartz implement

1

quartz pebble, ?worked

1

quartzite

1

quern fragment

1

quern fragment?

1

quern, sandstone

1

quernstone fragment

1

quernstone, rotary, fragment

1

rabbit

1

raven

1

razor

1

razorbill

1

razorbill or guillemot

1

reaping hook?

1

red necked phalarope

1

red shaped blank.

1

redshank

1

replica bone mount

1

replica stone slab

1

replica, (resin cast), of a whalebone line stretcher, or rope guy.

1

rim sherd + body sherd

1

rim sherd + decorated sherd

1

rim sherd + handle

1

rim sherd + sherds

1

rim sherd +sherds

1

rim sherd+2 sherds (medieval)

1

rimsherds

1

ring, jet

1

ring/ferrule

1

ring-pin

1

rivet+nail

1

rivet-plate

1

rock dove

1

rock dove cf

1

roman coins

1

roof slate

1

rubber/grinder

1

rune stone

1

runestone fragment

1

runic stone

1

saddle quern

1

samples

1

sandpiper, species of

1

sandstone carving (catherdral)

1

sandstone pebble

1

sandstone rubber?

1

scraper (flint)

1

scraper, flint

1

screw

1

sea birds

1

serpentine fragment

1

sheep/goat skeleton

1

sheet offcut

1

sheet, vessel

1

sherd (sample)

1

sherd (steatite)

1

sherds+bone

1

sherds+flints

1

shirke?

1

sickle

1

side plate

1

siltstone fragments

1

sinker, stone

1

skaill knife (dubious)

1

skaill, deerness excavation (gelling)

1

skillet handle

1

skylark

1

slag+stone

1

slice, bone

1

smoother or polisher, antler

1

smoother or polisher, bone

1

snipe

1

soapstone

1

socketed steatite object

1

spark plug

1

spear/arrowhead?

1

spout/handle sherd, medieval

1

square bar or blank.

1

squared block

1

staple?

1

starling?

1

statue, st magnus

1

statue, st olaf

1

steatite bowl

1

steatite cinerary urn

1

steatite vessel

1

steatite vessel sherd

1

steatite weight

1

stone & bone tools

1

stone (?pot lid)

1

stone + mortar

1

stone ball, smooth stone

1

stone ball?

1

stone block

1

stone carving with animal head

1

stone carving with decorative cross

1

stone chisel

1

stone cylinder

1

stone fragment

1

stone gaming board

1

stone gaming board?

1

stone hammer

1

stone lamp

1

stone pendant

1

stone potlid

1

stone pounder

1

stone roundel

1

stone tools

1

stone with cavity

1

stone with hole

1

stone with holes

1

stone with mason's mark

1

stone with slag

1

stone, carved

1

stone, domed

1

stone, worked

1

stone+slag?

1

stopper, curfew

1

strap

1

strap end, bone

1

strike a light

1

strike-a-light???

1

strip

1

strip, nail

1

stud fragments

1

suspension loop

1

tack

1

teal

1

teeth etc

1

temporary catalogue. see zx index

1

textile

1

textile replacement

1

thimble?

1

tile

1

tile fragment

1

toftsness excavation (dockrill xxxx)

1

token mould

1

tool, antler

1

tool, stone

1

tooth fragment

1

tooth, perforated

1

tooth/bone

1

trade token

1

tree pipit

1

tree stump

1

turnstone

1

tusk fragment

1

tuyere

1

twig fragment

1

unallocated number?

1

unused number?

1

unworked flint pebble

1

unworked siltstone

1

urn+cremation debris

1

used stone?

1

various

1

various archaeological finds

1

vessel stone

1

vessel?

1

viking comb

1

waste

1

waterworn pebble

1

weaving plaque

1

weaving tablet, bone

1

wedge

1

wedge, bone

1

weight, grooved and perforated

1

whale bone

1

whale bone fragments

1

whale bone key

1

whale tooth

1

whalebone fragment

1

whetstone and fragment

1

whetstone frag (?)

1

whetstone fragment?

1

whetstone, schist

1

whorl or disc, sandstone

1

whorl, lead

1

whorl, siltstone

1

whorl.

1

whorl/loomweight

1

whorl? or weight?

1

wire fragment

1

wood fragments

1

woodcock

1

wooden box (saint magnus reliquary)

1

wooden object (?canoe)

1

worked bone object

1

worked pumice

1

worked slate?

1

worked steatite

1

vessel

107

worked

39

tool

25

coin

19

human

13

knife

9

unworked

7

ard

5

carved

5

claypipe

5

comb

4

whetstone

4

fitting

3

marine

3

natural

3

spindle whorl

3

statue

3

axe

2

bell

2

Brooch

2

Buckle

2

finger ring

2

gaming

2

mount

2

projectile

2

symbol

2

armorial

1

bead

1

chape

1

coi

1

debitage

1

decorated

1

horse

1

inscription

1

key

1

lid

1

matrix

1

nail

1

pin

1

plaque

1

quern

1

reliquary

1

runic

1

seal matrix

1

strap end

1

tile

1

tomb

1

weight

1

worked object

1

carved whole

2

flaked edge

2

glazed outer face

2

wheel-thrown whole

2

applied ridges both faces

1

burnished outer face

1

carved shank

1

combed outer face

1

engraved image

1

flaked ends

1

incised back

1

incised connecting plate

1

pecked and incised decoration

1

perforated end

1

pottery

1

ring built whole

1