Scotland after the Ice Age : environment, archaeology and history, 8000 BC - AD 1000 /

"This book charts the immense environmental and cultural changes that took place in Scotland from the end of the last Ice Age to the arrival of the Vikings over 9000 years later. After the final disappearance of the ice, sea levels rose and fell and woodland covered the greater part of the coun...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Edwards, Kevin J., Ralston, Ian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2003.
Temas:
Prehistoric peoples > Scotland.
Antiquities, Prehistoric > Scotland.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Scotland.
Environmental archaeology > Scotland.
Archéologie de l'environnement > Écosse.
15.39 archaeology: other.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
Antiquities.
Antiquities, Prehistoric.
Environmental archaeology.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Prehistoric peoples.
Landschapsarcheologie.
Geschiedenis.
Opgravingen.
Nederzettingen.
Scotland > Antiquities.
Écosse > Antiquités.
Scotland.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Environment and People in Prehistoric and Early Historical Times: Preliminary Considerations / Kevin J. Edwards and Ian B.M. Ralston
  • 2. Climate Change / Graeme Whittington and Kevin J. Edwards
  • 3. Geomorphology and Landscape Change / Colin K. Ballantyne and Alastair G. Dawson
  • 4. Soils and Their Evolution / Donald A. Davidson and Stephen P. Carter
  • 5. Vegetation Change / Kevin J. Edwards and Graeme Whittington
  • 6. Faunal Change: The Vertebrate Fauna / Finbar McCormick and Paul C. Buckland
  • Faunal Change: Land Snails / Stephen P. Carter
  • Faunal Change: Insects / Paul C. Buckland and Jon P. Sadler
  • 7. The Mesolithic / Bill Finlayson and Kevin J. Edwards
  • 8. The Neolithic / Gordon J. Barclay
  • 9. The Bronze Age / Trevor G. Cowie and Ian A.G. Shepherd
  • 10. The Iron Age / Ian Armit and Ian B.M. Ralston
  • 11. The Roman Presence: Brief Interludes / William S. Hanson
  • 12. The Early Historic Period: An Archaeological Perspective / Ian B.M. Ralston and Ian Armit
  • 13. The Early Norse Period / John R. Hunter
  • 14. Environment and Archaeology in Scotland: Some Observations / Kevin J. Edwards and Ian B.M. Ralston
  • A Guide to the Literature since 1996.

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