Neolithic Scotland : : Timber, Stone, Earth and Fire / / Gordon Noble.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Noble, Gordon,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.) :; 10 B/W halftones 75 B/W line art 75 black and white line drawings and 10 black and white halftones.

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748623389');This is an account of the Neolithic period in Scotland from its earliest traces around 4000 BC to the transformation of Neolithic society in the Early Bronze Age fifteen hundred years later. Gordon Noble inteprets Scottish material in the context of debates and issues in European archaeology, comparing sites and practices identified in Scotland to those found elsewhere in Britain and beyond. He considers the nature and effects of memory, sea and land travel, ritualisation, island identities, mortuary practice, symbolism and environmental impact. He synthesises excavations and research conducted over the last century and more, bringing together the evidence for understanding what happened in Scotland during this long period. His long-term and regionally based analysis suggests new directions for the interpretation of the Neolithic more generally.After outlining the chronology of the Neolithic in Europe Dr Noble considers its origins in Scotland. He investigates why the Earlier Neolithic in Scotland is characterised by regionally-distinct monumental traditions and asks if these reflect different conceptions of the world. He uses a long-term perspective to explain the nature of monumental landscapes in the Later Neolithic and considers whether Neolithic society as a whole might have been created and maintained through interactions at places where large-scale monuments were built. He ends by considering how the Neolithic was transformed in the Early Bronze Age through the manipulation of the material remains of the past. Neolithic Scotland provides a comprehensive, approachable and up-to-date account of the Scottish Neolithic. Such a book has not been available for many years. It will be widely welcomed."

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE Scotland in the Neolithic: an introduction -- CHAPTER TWO Islands in the fast lane: the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition -- CHAPTER THREE Burning down the house: the destruction of timber structures -- CHAPTER FOUR Planting trees, planting people: long and round barrows in eastern Scotland and beyond -- CHAPTER FIVE Megalithic architecture in Atlantic Scotland -- CHAPTER SIX The emergence of monument complexes -- CHAPTER SEVEN The architecture of monumental landscapes -- CHAPTER EIGHT The Early Bronze Age: deconstructing and rebuilding the past -- Conclusion: timber, stone, earth and fire -- Bibliography -- Index