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The Small Isles
John Hunter
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Description for The Small Isles
Hardcover. A definitive work which brings together, for the first time, decades of archaeological research into the Small Isles, presented for a general audience. Provides a tour of both the past and the present for visitors and walkers who would like to know more about the history of these islands. Num Pages: 190 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; HBJD1; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 210. .
Some ten thousand years ago, hunter-gatherers moving through a landscape newly emerged from the grip of the last Ice Age reached four islands on the western seaboard. The shores they landed on were deserted. After making camp, they struck out to hunt and explore. We know this because the evidence of their presence has been preserved down the millennia - in traces of flint and quartz, in charred fragments of grain and animal bone, in great heaped piles of ancient shellfish. The islands were Rum, Eigg, Canna and Muck - four distinctive shapes rising from the waters of the Inner ... Read more
Some ten thousand years ago, hunter-gatherers moving through a landscape newly emerged from the grip of the last Ice Age reached four islands on the western seaboard. The shores they landed on were deserted. After making camp, they struck out to hunt and explore. We know this because the evidence of their presence has been preserved down the millennia - in traces of flint and quartz, in charred fragments of grain and animal bone, in great heaped piles of ancient shellfish. The islands were Rum, Eigg, Canna and Muck - four distinctive shapes rising from the waters of the Inner ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Historic Environment Scotland
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
190
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781902419923
SKU
V9781902419923
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99-2
About John Hunter
John Hunter is Emeritus Professor of Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham. He has undertaken extensive survey work in Scotland, with a particular focus on the Northern and Western Isles.
Reviews for The Small Isles
`lucidly written and beautifully produced ... a wonderful introduction to this often overlooked group of islands'
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