From machair to mountains archaeological survey and excavation in South Uist
South Uist in the Outer Hebrides has some of the best preserved archaeological remains within Britain and even further afield. Three distinct ecological zones - grassland machair plain, peaty blackland and mountains - each bear the imprint of human occupation over many millennia. The machair strip,...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; Oakville, Conn. :
Oxbow Books
c2012.
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| Colección: | Sheffield environmental and archaeological research campaign in the Hebrides (Series) ;
v. 4. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009655349806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I. Survey
- The machair survey / Mike Parker Pearson
- The blacklands survey : Cill Donnain and Gearraidh Bhailteas townships / Andrew Fleming
- The mountains survey : Loch Aoineart / John Moreland
- The chambered cairns of South Uist / Vicki Cummings, Cole Henley and Niall Sharples
- Duns, brochs and crannogs : Medieval use / John Raven
- The shielings survey : central South Uist / John Raven
- Upland settlement in southern South Uist / Rachel Grahame
- Part II. Excavation
- Loch a' Choire Neolithic settlement / Cole Henley
- Early Bronze Age Settlements at Machair Mheadhanach and Cill Donnain / Mike Hamilton and Niall Sharples
- The Beaker-period and Early Bronze Age settlement at Sligeanach, Cill Donnain / Niall Sharples
- Excavations of an Iron Age islet settlement in Upper Loch Bornish / Pete Marshall and Mike Parker Pearson
- Excavations on Aisgernis and Frobost machair / Mike Parker Pearson
- Excavations at Cille Donnain church / Mike Parker Pearson
- Excavations at Medieval Gearraidh Bhailteas (Garryvaltos), Milton / James Symonds
- Excavations at A Beinn na Mhic Aongheis (the Hill of the Son of Angus), Bornais / Mike Parker Pearson, Pete Marshall and Helen Smith
- Excavation of early modern, early historic and prehistoric sites in Kirkidale / John Moreland
- Part III. Historical and Geographical Studies
- Locheynort (Loch Aoineart) in the historical period / Gill MacLean
- The ethnohistory of Hebridean agriculture / Helen Smith
- Part IV. Conclusion
- Settlement, agriculture and society in South Uist before the Clearances / Mike Parker Pearson
- Appendix
- English-Gaelic glossary of place-names.
