Overhowden and Airhouse, Scottish Borders : characterization and interpretation of two spectacular lithic assemblages from sites near the Overhowden henge / Torben Bjarke Ballin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ballin, Torben Bjarke.

Series:

BAR British series ; 539.

BAR British series ; 539

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Museums of Scotland.

Archaeological assemblages--Scotland--Lauderdale.

Archaeological assemblages.

Neolithic period--Scotland--Lauderdale.

Neolithic period.

Stone implements--Scotland--Lauderdale.

Stone implements.

Tools, Prehistoric--Scotland--Lauderdale.

Tools, Prehistoric.

Archaeological museums and collections.

Lauderdale (Scotland)--Antiquities.

Lauderdale (Scotland).

National Museums of Scotland--Archaeological collections.

Archaeological assemblages--Scotland--Scottish Borders.

Stone implements--Scotland--Scottish Borders.

Scottish Borders (England and Scotland)--Antiquities.

Scottish Borders (England and Scotland).

Scotland--Scottish Borders.

Scotland--Lauderdale.

Physical Description:

viii, 74 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Archaeopress : Available from Hadrian Books, 2011.

Summary:

"Presents an investigation of two of the National Museum of Scotland's older lithic collections, the assemblages from Airhouse and Overhowden in the Scottish Borders. The Airhouse assemblage numbers 558 lithic artefacts and the Overhowden assemblage 109 lithic artefacts. They were both collected in the first part of the 20th century from locations situated a few hundred metres from the Overhowden Henge (with which they may in some way be associated), and they both embrace a broad spectrum of Late Neolithic tools, with relatively sophisticated, or 'fancy,' pieces being notably more prominent than in other collections from this period."--Publisher's Web site, 6 Mar. 2012.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-74).

ISBN:

9781407308265

1407308262

OCLC:

749781599