The Archaeology of Skye and the Western Isles / / Ian Armit.

From the Callanish stones and the great ritual monuments of the Neolithic, the broch towers and the wheelhouses of the Iron Age, through to the arrival of the Norse and the Lords of the Isles, this book explores the history of human settlement and society from the first hunter-gatherers to the Clear...

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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©1996
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Environment
  • 3 Hunters and Gatherers
  • 4 The First Farmers
  • 5 Tombs and Standing Stones
  • 6 Beakers and Bronze
  • 7 The Atlantic Roundhouses
  • 8 Wheelhouses
  • 9 Picts and Scots
  • 10 The Vikings
  • 11 Lords of the Isles
  • 12 Tracing Change
  • Appendix: Radiocarbon Dates from Skye and the Western Isles
  • Bibliography
  • Index