From machair to mountains [[electronic resource] ] : archaeological survey and excavation in South Uist / / edited by Mike Parker Pearson |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; Oakville, Conn., : Oxbow Books, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (441 p.) |
Disciplina |
936.1/14
936.114 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Parker PearsonMichael <1957-> |
Collana | Sheffield environmental and archaeological research campaign in the Hebrides |
Soggetto topico |
Archaeological surveying - Scotland - South Uist
Excavations (Archaeology) - Scotland - South Uist Archaeology and history - Scotland - South Uist |
ISBN | 1-84217-887-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910552997003321 |
Oxford ; ; Oakville, Conn., : Oxbow Books, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A late iron age farmstead in the Outer Hebrides : excavations at Mound 1, Bornais, South Uist / / edited by Niall Sharples ; with contributions by J Bond ... [et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxbow Books |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (441 p.) |
Disciplina |
936.1/14
936.114 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SharplesNiall M
BondJ (Jerry) SharplesNiall M. |
Collana | Cardiff studies in archaeology |
Soggetto topico |
Excavations (Archaeology) - Scotland - South Uist
Farms - Scotland - South Uist |
ISBN |
1-84217-927-6
1-84217-929-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Illustrations; Tables; List of Contributors; English-Gaelic glossary of place-names; 1 Bornais and the Iron Age; 2 The Late Iron Age settlement; 3 Norse reoccupation; 4 Comparative analysis of the site assemblage; 5 Chronology; 6 Resource exploitation; 7 Site activities; 8 Discussion; Appendix 1: The context list - N Sharples; Appendix 2: Artefact catalogue - A Clarke, P Macdonald and A Smith; Appendix 3: Flint catalogue - A Pannett; Appendix 4: Catalogue of illustrated pottery - A Lane; Appendix 5: Revisions to the mound 3 chronology - P Marshall; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910552996903321 |
Oxford, : Oxbow Books | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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