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The chambered cairns of Sutherland : an inventory of the structures and their contents

Title
The chambered cairns of Sutherland : an inventory of the structures and their contents / by A.S. Henshall and J.N.G. Ritchie.
Author
Henshall, A. S. (Audrey S.)
Publication
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors
Ritchie, J. N. G. (James Neil Graham)
Description
168 pages : illustrations, maps, plans; 28 cm
Subject
  • Neolithic period > Sutherland
  • Cairns > Sutherland
  • Passage Graves culture > Sutherland
  • Megalithic monuments > Sutherland
  • Sutherland (Scotland) > Antiquities
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-161) and index.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Development of the study of the cairns -- 3. The land, the environment and the location of the cairns -- 4. The passages and chambers -- 5. The cairns -- 6. The use and sealing of the chambers and the history of the cairns -- 7. The artefacts -- 8. Orientation, relationships and dating -- Appendix 1 Structures previously published as chambered cairns or long cairns, but not included in the Inventory -- Appendix 2 Human bone recovered from the excavations at Embo (S U T 63) -- Appendix 3 Note on the location of the finds at The Ord North (S U T 48).
ISBN
0748606092 :
LCCN
gb 96006292
OCLC
ocm34118767
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries