The archaeology of Skye and the Western Isles /

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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Armit, Ian (Archaeologist) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press in association with Historic Scotland, ©1996.
Subjects:
Excavations (Archaeology) > Scotland > Skye, Island of.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Scotland > Western Isles.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Écosse > Skye, Île de.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Écosse > Western Isles.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Antiquities
Excavations (Archaeology)
Archeologie.
Skye, Island of (Scotland) > Antiquities.
Western Isles (Scotland) > Antiquities.
Scotland > Island of Skye
Scotland > Western Isles
Skye.
Hebriden.
Human settlements > Archaeology
Western Isles (Scotland)
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary: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 Clearances. What emerges is a Hebridean archaeology as distinctive as those of Orkney and Wessex.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 264 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-257) and index.
ISBN:0585104190
9780585104195
9780748679614
0748679618
9780748606405
0748606408
9780748608584
0748608583

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