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From machair to mountains : archaeological survey and excavation in South Uist
- Title
- From machair to mountains : archaeological survey and excavation in South Uist / edited by Mike Parker Pearson.
- Publication
- Oxford, UK ; Oakville, CT : Oxbow Books, ©2012.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Parker Pearson, Michael, 1957-
- Description
- xi, 428 pages : illustrations, maps; 31 cm
- Series Statement
- Sheffield environmental and archaeological research campaign in the Hebrides ; v. 4
- Uniform Title
- Sheffield environmental and archaeological research campaign in the Hebrides (Series) ; v. 4.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFG 16-29
- ISBN
- 9781842174517
- 1842174517
- LCCN
- 2011042902
- OCLC
- 709681908
- Title
- From machair to mountains : archaeological survey and excavation in South Uist / edited by Mike Parker Pearson.
- Imprint
- Oxford, UK ; Oakville, CT : Oxbow Books, ©2012.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Sheffield environmental and archaeological research campaign in the Hebrides ; v. 4Sheffield environmental and archaeological research campaign in the Hebrides (Series) ; v. 4.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Added Author
- Parker Pearson, Michael, 1957-
- Research Call Number
- JFG 16-29