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The Neolithic of Mainland Scotland
Kenneth Brophy
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Description for The Neolithic of Mainland Scotland
Paperback. What was life like in Scotland between 4000 and 2000 BC? Where were people living? Why did they spend so much time building extravagant ritual monuments? This volume presents fresh research and radical new interpretations of the pits, postholes, ditches, rubbish clumps, human remains and broken potsherds left behind by our Neolithic forebears. Editor(s): Brophy, Kenneth; MacGregor, Gavin; Ralston, Ian. Num Pages: 256 pages, 80 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3B; HBJD1; HDDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
What was life like in Scotland between 4000 and 2000 BC? Where were people living? How did they treat their dead? Why did they spend so much time building extravagant ritual monuments? What was special about the relationship people had with trees and holes in the ground? What can we say about how people lived in the Neolithic and early Bronze Age of mainland Scotland where much of the evidence we have lies beneath the ploughsoil, or survives as slumped banks and ditches, or ruinous megaliths? Each contribution to this volume presents fresh research and radical new interpretations of the ... Read more
What was life like in Scotland between 4000 and 2000 BC? Where were people living? How did they treat their dead? Why did they spend so much time building extravagant ritual monuments? What was special about the relationship people had with trees and holes in the ground? What can we say about how people lived in the Neolithic and early Bronze Age of mainland Scotland where much of the evidence we have lies beneath the ploughsoil, or survives as slumped banks and ditches, or ruinous megaliths? Each contribution to this volume presents fresh research and radical new interpretations of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748685738
SKU
V9780748685738
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About Kenneth Brophy
The Editors: Kenneth Brophy is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Glasgow. Gavin MacGregor is a heritage professional at the independent body Northlight Heritage. Ian B. M. Ralston is Abercromby Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology and Head of the Archaeology School at the University of Edinburgh.
Reviews for The Neolithic of Mainland Scotland
As well as showcasing the wealth of information recently obtained from developer-funded excavations, aerial survey, and radiocarbon dating, the book highlights the many questions that remain to be answered - and underlines the huge contribution made by Gordon Barclay in framing and addressing those questions in his own work.
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