Scotland, archaeology and early history / Graham and Anna Ritchie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ritchie, J. N. G. (James Neil Graham), author.

Ritchie, Anna, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scotland--Antiquities.

Scotland.

Scotland--History--To 1057.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

Second paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2009.

Summary:

Scotland is unusually rich in field monuments and objects surviving from early times. This comprehensive survey of Scotland's prehistoric and early historic archaeology covers the full chronological range from the earliest inhabitants to the union of the Picts and Scots in AD 843. Fully illustrated throughout, this book will help both students and visitors to monuments to understand the lifestyles of Scotland's early societies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface to Second Paperback Edition

Preface

1 Hunters and Fishermen

2 Early Farming Communities

3 Henge Monuments and Stone Circles

4 The First Metalworkers

5 Warrior Celts

6 Roman Scotland

7 Britons, Angles and Scots

8 The Pictish Kingdom

Notes

Select Bibliography

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-197) and index.

ISBN:

1-4744-7204-4

OCLC:

1301547333