<strong>VIKING</strong> <strong>UNST</strong> <strong>PROJECT</strong>: <strong>FIELD</strong> <strong>SEASON</strong> <strong>2008</strong>PART ONE:PART TWO:INTERIM REPORT NO. 3(DATA STRUCTURE REPORT)PART THREE: APPENDICESEXCAVATIONS AT HAMAR &THE UPPER HOUSE, UNDERHOULLPERSONNEL & RELATED RESEARCHJ.M. BOND, Z. OUTRAM & C.M. FREETHDepartment of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, BD7 1DPWith contributions by D.J. Bashford, C.E. Batey, C.M. Batt, L.D. Brown, M. Church,J.E. Cussans, S.J. Dockrill, G. Gaunt, J.G. McDonnell, J. McKenzie, A.R.R. Mustchin,J.R. Summers, G.T. Swindles, and V.E. TurnerIllustrations by D.J. BashfordPhotographs by J.M. Bond & S.J. Dockrill<strong>2008</strong>(Bradford Archaeological Sciences Research 20)The Project is managed by Shetland Amenity TrustThe Excavations at Hamar and the Upper House, Underhoull are directedby J.M. BondThe Project is funded by: Heritage Lottery Fund, European Agricultural Guidance and GuaranteeFund (EAGGF), Shetland Development Trust, Shetland Enterprise Company, Shetland AmenityTrust, 2 Historic Scotland, Shetland Islands Council, NABO/IPY, NERC, and the University ofBradford.
This is a provisional report on the excavations at Hamar and the Upper House,Underhoull, and as such represents ideas and work in progress. The data, illustrativematerial and other information contained within it is made available on the understandingthat the reader will not reproduce or publish in any form either the whole or part of itwithout prior permission of the editors.3
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8. BIBLIOGRAPHYAlsvik, H. and Batey
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