A late iron age farmstead in the Outer Hebrides excavations at Mound 1, Bornais, South Uist
The settlement at Bornais consists of a complex of mounds which protrude from the relatively flat machair plain in the township of Bornais on the island of South Uist. This sandy plain has proved an attractive settlement from the Beaker period onwards; it appears to have been intensively occupied fr...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford : Oakville, Conn. :
Oxbow Books ; David Brown Book Co
2012.
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| Series: | Cardiff studies in archaeology.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009655349706719 |
| Summary: | The settlement at Bornais consists of a complex of mounds which protrude from the relatively flat machair plain in the township of Bornais on the island of South Uist. This sandy plain has proved an attractive settlement from the Beaker period onwards; it appears to have been intensively occupied from the Late Bronze Age to the end of the Norse period. Mound 1 was the original location for settlement in this part of the machair plain; pre-Viking activity of some complexity is present and it is likely that the settlement activity started in the Middle Iron Age, if not earlier. The examination o |
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| Item Description: | A companion volume to A Norse farmstead in the Outer Hebrides : excavation at Mound 3, Bornais, south Uist, edited by Niall Sharples. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (441 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781842179277 9781842179291 |
| Access: | Open access |
