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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; Oakville, Conn. :
Oxbow Books
c2012.
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| Series: | Sheffield environmental and archaeological research campaign in the Hebrides (Series) ;
v. 4. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009655349806719 |
| Summary: | 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, long uninhabited, is filled with hundreds of settlement mounds, occupied from the Beaker period 4,000 years ago until a few centuries ago. The blacklands bear the traces of past farming practices as well as the remains of medieval settlements, more recent blackhouses and lochs containing duns, broch |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (441 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781842178874 |
