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Scotland before history
- Title
- Scotland before history / Stuart Piggott ; with a gazetteer of ancient monuments by Graham Ritchie.
- Author
- Piggott, Stuart.
- Publication
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©1982.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | GN806.S4 P5 1982 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Ritchie, J. N. G. (James Neil Graham)
- Description
- vii, 195 pages : illustrations; 20 cm
- Subject
- Note
- "First published nearly a quarter of a century ago, the essay has been carefully revised ..."
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Radiocarbon dating, the physical setting, access routes, forest clearance, the discipline and the limits of archaeology -- Climatic change, pollen analysis, changing environment, Mesolithic settlers, the first farmers, the axe trade, Orkney and Shetland, chambered tombs, henges and ditches -- The impact of metal, burial practices, clothing, Bronze Age Europe, Bronze Age Wessex, Bronze Age Scotland, the late Bronze Age -- Iron Age Celts, hill-forts, settlements, the economy, artistry and ornament, the structure of society, the Roman occupation -- The old and the new, continuities -- Gazetteer of monuments.
- ISBN
- 0852243480
- 9780852243480
- LCCN
- 82201682
- OCLC
- ocm10506869
- 10506869
- SCSB-60999
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library