The Archaeology of Argyll / / J N Graham Ritchie.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Ritchie, J N Graham,
• MitwirkendeR: Ashmore, Patrick,; Bonsall, Clive,; Brown, Marilyn M.,; Fisher, Ian,; Fraser, William,; Harding, D. W.,; MacKie, Euan W,; Ritchie, Graham,; Stevenson, J. B.,; Sutherland, Donald G,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

From Neolithic monuments to the high-status of Dunadd, the region of Argyll has a rich and varied archaeological history. In this, the first account of Argyll's archaeology written for a general audience, a team of specialists traces the history of the area through its monuments. The scene is set in environmental terms for the arrival of people first as hunters and foragers, and later as farmers. Mesolithic Argyll, the Neolithic period, Bronze Age rituals and the impact of the Scots are examined with descriptions of relevant monuments and recent finds. The book ends with a detailed look at early Christian activity and the arrival of the Norse in Argyll. Fully illustrated with a complementary range of photographs and drawings and written with the non-specialist in mind, this is a much-needed guide to a remarkable area.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Environment of Argyll -- 3 Coastal Adaptation in the Mesolithic of Argyll. Rethinking the ‘Obanian Problem’ -- 4 Early Settlement in Argyll -- 5 Monuments Associated with Burial and Ritual in Argyll -- 6 The Prehistoric Rock Carvings of Argyll -- 7 Forts, Duns, Brochs and Crannogs: Iron Age Settlements in Argyll -- 8 Dun Mor Vaul Revisited: Fact and Theory in the Reappraisal of the Scottish Atlantic Iron Age -- 9 Early Christian Archaeology in Argyll -- 10 The Norse in Argyll -- 11 Radiocarbon Dates from Archaeological Sites in Argyll and Arran -- Bibliography -- Index