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The archaeology of Skye and the Western Isles

From the Callanish stones and the great ritual monuments of the Neolithic, the broch towers and the wheelhouses of the Iron Age, through to the arrival of the Norse and the Lords of the Isles, this book explores the history of human settlement and society from the first hunter-gatherers to the Clear...

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Main Author: Armit, Ian (Author)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press , 1996
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Online Access:http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/upso-ebooks-altertum/dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9780748608584.001.0001
Author Notes:Ian Armit
E-Book Packages:Oxford University Press : University Press Scholarship Online / Archaeology
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Summary:From the Callanish stones and the great ritual monuments of the Neolithic, the broch towers and the wheelhouses of the Iron Age, through to the arrival of the Norse and the Lords of the Isles, this book explores the history of human settlement and society from the first hunter-gatherers to the Clearances. What emerges is a Hebridean archaeology as distinctive as those of Orkney and Wessex
Item Description:Published in association with Historic Scotland
Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (vii, 264 p) ill., maps
ISBN:9780748670710