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The archaeology of Argyll
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ritchie, J N Graham, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Antiquities, Prehistoric--Scotland--Argyll and Bute.
- Antiquities, Prehistoric.
- Archaeology--Argyll and Bute--Scotland.
- Archaeology.
- Argyll and Bute (Scotland)--Antiquities.
- Argyll and Bute (Scotland).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] Edinburgh University Press 1997
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- From Neolithic monuments to the high-status of Dunadd, the region of Argyll has a rich and varied archaeological history. In this, the first account of Argyll's archaeology written for a general audience, a team of specialists traces the history of the area through its monuments. The scene is set in environmental terms for the arrival of people first as hunters and foragers, and later as farmers. Mesolithic Argyll, the Neolithic period, Bronze Age rituals and the impact of the Scots are examined with descriptions of relevant monuments and recent finds. The book ends with a detailed look at early Christian activity and the arrival of the Norse in Argyll. Fully illustrated with a complementary range of photographs and drawings and written with the non-specialist in mind, this is a much-needed guide to a remarkable area.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Graham Ritchie
- The environment of Argyll / Donald G. Sutherland
- Coastal adaptation in the Mesolithic of Argyll / Clive Bonsall
- Early settlement in Argyll / Graham Ritchie
- Monuments associated with burial and ritual in Argyll / Graham Ritchie
- The prehistoric rock carvings of Argyll / J.B. Stevenson
- Forts, duns, brochs and crannogs / D.W. Harding
- Dun Mor Vaul revisited / Euan W. MacKie
- Early Christian archaeology in Argyll / Ian Fisher
- The Norse in Argyll / Marilyn M. Brown
- Radiocarbon dates from archaeological sites in Argyll and Arran / Patrick Ashmore.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 0-585-10109-4
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