Skáholt 2002 - Nabo

comes fairly close and is a rare situation to have on an archaeological site; it provides an
excellent opportunity to study a much fuller range of objects which would have been in
the room during its use than otherwise and it is an opportunity which should not be lost.
Some preliminary breakdowns of pottery and glass types by room have already been
done to some success, and a further look at general categories is equally informative
(Table 8; Figure 9). The generally high numbers of finds in the school room and
dormitory is confirmed and although this is probably a reflection of the number of people
occupying these rooms compared with the others 4 , it is nonetheless interesting. In terms
of the specific composition of the assemblages, a couple of things are worthy or remark.
For example tobacco pipes are relatively uncommon in the Bishop’s room when taken as
a proportion of the whole assemblage, while they form a very large part of the
assemblages for the school room and annexe. Conversely, pottery forms a major part of
the assemblage in the Bishops room and the Infirmary, while it is very rare in the Annexe
and Corridor. Other patterns could be pointed out, but it seems clear that there is
intelligible structure to the distribution of finds by room and this will be a major avenue
of investigation in the final analysis.
Dress items
Lighters
Tobacco pipes
Pottery
Glass vessels
Bishops rooms (15) 0 7 12 70 83 0
Library (55) 1 4 9 7 22 0
Millers room (39) 4 11 22 50 80 1
Corridor (30/106) 0 4 12 1 56 0
Annexe (127) 0 6 18 2 27 0
Infirmary (100) 3 14 35 64 44 0
Dormitory (80) 35 29 119 70 299 3
School room (81) 35 23 137 92 186 2
Coins
Table 8. Summary of major find types by room for phases 4 & 5 (by fragment count).
4 The number of students at any one time would have been between 20 and 40, probably closer to 40.
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