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Excavations at Milla Skerra, Sandwick: Rhythms of Life in Iron Age Shetland
Olivia Lelong
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Hardback. Reveals the everyday practices and seasonal rhythms of successive Iron Age communities over about 500 years; describes evidence for a range of agricultural, craft and manufacturing activities; presents inportant evidence o the environment and land-use of Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w and colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKSHJ; 3B; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 210. .
During the late 1st millennium BC into the early 1st millennium AD, the small island of Unst in the far north of the Shetland (and British) Isles was home to well-established and connected farming and fishing communities. The Iron Age settlement at Milla Skerra was occupied for at least 500 years before it was covered with storm-blown sand and abandoned. Although part of it had been lost to the sea, excavation revealed many details of the life of the settlement and how it was reused over many generations. From the middle of the 1st millennium BC people were constructing ... Read more
During the late 1st millennium BC into the early 1st millennium AD, the small island of Unst in the far north of the Shetland (and British) Isles was home to well-established and connected farming and fishing communities. The Iron Age settlement at Milla Skerra was occupied for at least 500 years before it was covered with storm-blown sand and abandoned. Although part of it had been lost to the sea, excavation revealed many details of the life of the settlement and how it was reused over many generations. From the middle of the 1st millennium BC people were constructing ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxbow Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785703430
SKU
V9781785703430
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Ref
99-21
About Olivia Lelong
Olivia Lelong is a director at Northlight Heritage in Glasgow. She holds a PhD in the archaeology of upland landscapes, has worked extensively in the north and west of Scotland and directed the excavations at Milla Skerra.
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