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Darkness visible : the Sculptor's Cave, Covesea, from the Bronze Age to the Picts / Ian Armit and Lindsey Büster ; based on the excavations by Ian and Alexandra Shepherd, and Sylvia Benton ; with contributions by Torben Bjarke Ballin [and 28 others].
Penn Museum Library - Oversize GN806.M67 A76 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Armit, Ian (Archaeologist), author.
- Büster, Lindsey, author.
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Antiquities.
- Scotland--Antiquities.
- Scotland.
- Physical Description:
- xxix, 288 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour) ; 31 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 2020.
- Language Note:
- Text in English with English, French and German summaries.
- Summary:
- The Sculptor?s Cave is one of the most enigmatic prehistoric sites in Britain. Excavated in the 1920s and?1970s, new analysis of the archive has revealed a complex history of funerary and ritual activity from the Late Bronze Age to the Roman Iron Age. Using innovative methods and new techniques, this volume re-examines the results of earlier excavations and places the site in its wider British and European context.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-280) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1908332174
- 9781908332172
- OCLC:
- 1143463954
- Publisher Number:
- 99988393752
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