The Early Prehistory of Scotland / / Tony Pollard, Alex Morrison.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Pollard, Tony,; Morrison, Alex,
• MitwirkendeR: Armit, Ian,; Atkinson, John,; Banks, Iain,; Bonsall, Clive,; Buckland, Paul,; Edwards, Kevin,; Finlay, Nyree,; Finlayson, Bill,; Jones, Andrew,; Lake, Mark,; Mayewski, Paul,; Meeker, Loren,; Mithen, Steven,; Moore, Jenny,; Morrison, Alex,; O'Brien, Suzanne,; Pollard, Tony,; Saville, Alan,; Simpson, Biddy,; Spikins, Penny,; Taylor, Kevin,; Tipping, Richard,; Woodman, Peter,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©1996
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (300 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Preface --; 1. The Northward March of Palaeolithic Man in Britain': An Appreciation of Armand Donald Lacaille --; PART 1: THE ENVIRONMENTAL BACKGROUND --; 2. A Mesolithic of the Western and Northern Isles of Scotland? Evidence from Pollen and Charcoal --; 3. Microscopic Charcoal Records, Inferred Human Activity and Climate Change in the Mesolithic of Northernmost Scotland --; 4. Damp Squib: How to Fire a Major Deciduous Forest in an Inclement Climate --; 5. Climate Change Events as Seen in the Greenland Ice Core (GISP2): Implications for the Mesolithic of Scotland --; PART 2: REGIONAL STUDIES --; 6. Rivers, Boundaries and Change: A Hypothesis of Changing Settlement Patterns in the Mesolithic of Northern England --; 7. The Contribution of Tom Affleck to the Study of the Mesolithic of Southwest Scotland --; 8. The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project: Reconstructing Mesolithic Settlement in Western Scotland --; 9. Archaeology on the Edge: Learning to Fend for Ourselves --; PART 3: MARINE ADAPTATIONS --; 10. It Is the Technical Side of the Work which is My Stumbling Block: A Shell Midden Site on Risga Reconsidered --; 11. The 'Obanian Problem': Coastal Adaptation in the Mesolithic of Western Scotland --; 12. Time and Tide: Coastal Environments, Cosmology and Ritual Practice in Early Prehistoric Scotland --; PART 4: MATERIAL CULTURE --; 13. Lacaille, Microliths and the Mesolithic of Orkney --; 14. The Rough and the Smooth: Axe Polishers of the Middle Neolithic --; 15. Self and Social Identity: An Analysis of the Mesolithic body Adornment from the Scottish Western Isles --; 16. Mesolithic Chipped Stone Assemblages: Descriptive and Analytical Procedures Used by the Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project --; PART 5: SOCIAL CHANGE --; 17. The Transition to Agriculture 1: Introduction --; The Transition to Agriculture 2: The Basis for Change --; The Transition to Agriculture 3: Scotland --; 18. Food for Thought: Material Culture and the Transformation in Food Use from the Mesolithic to Neolithic
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474471725; 9783110780475
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474471725
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Tony Pollard, Alex Morrison.

Bringing together the latest work on the Mesolithic in Scotland and Northern England, this is a fundamental re-assessment of early prehistory from the key researchers in the area. Based firmly on archaeological evidence from recent excavations, this important book also includes work on the environmental background.