The archaeology of Skye and the Western Isles / Ian Armit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armit, Ian (Archaeologist), author.

Contributor:

Historic Scotland.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Scotland--Skye, Island of.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Excavations (Archaeology)--Scotland--Western Isles.

Skye, Island of (Scotland)--Antiquities.

Skye, Island of (Scotland).

Western Isles (Scotland)--Antiquities.

Western Isles (Scotland).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 264 p.) : ill., maps.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press, [1996]

Summary:

From the Callanish stones and the great ritual monuments of the Neolithic, the broch towers and the wheelhouses of the Iron Age, through to the arrival of the Norse and the Lords of the Isles, this book explores the history of human settlement and society from the first hunter-gatherers to the Clearances. What emerges is a Hebridean archaeology as distinctive as those of Orkney and Wessex.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

2 The Environment

3 Hunters and Gatherers

4 The First Farmers

5 Tombs and Standing Stones

6 Beakers and Bronze

7 The Atlantic Roundhouses

8 Wheelhouses

9 Picts and Scots

10 The Vikings

11 Lords of the Isles

12 Tracing Change

Appendix: Radiocarbon Dates from Skye and the Western Isles

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Published in association with Historic Scotland.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-257) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7486-7071-8

0-7486-7961-8

0-585-10419-0