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The early prehistory of Scotland

Title
  1. The early prehistory of Scotland / edited by Tony Pollard and Alex Morrison.
Published by
  1. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press for the University of Glasgow, ©1996.

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Additional authors
  1. Pollard, Tony.
  2. Morrison, Alex.
Description
  1. xii, 300 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
Summary
  1. "Bringing together the latest work on the Mesolithic in Scotland and Northern England, this book a much-needed reassessment of early prehistory from the key researchers in the area. Base firmly on archaeological evidence from recent excavations, this important book also includes work on the environmental background and on the history of the enquiry. Broad-based, comprehensive and thoroughly up-to-date, this will be an essential reference work for all those interested in early prehistoric Scotland."--Jacket.
Series statement
  1. Dalrymple monograph ; no. 3
Uniform title
  1. Dalrymple monograph ; no. 3.
Subject
  1. Prehistoric peoples > Scotland
  2. Excavations (Archaeology) > Scotland
  3. Antiquities
  4. Excavations (Archaeology)
  5. Prehistoric peoples
  6. Vor- und Frühgeschichte
  7. Aufsatzsammlung
  8. Steinzeit
  9. Kongress
  10. Mesolithikum
  11. Prehistorie
  12. Mésolithique > Écosse (GB)
  13. Scotland > Antiquities
  14. Scotland
  15. Schottland
Contents
  1. 1. 'The Northward March of Palaeolithic Man in Britain': An Appreciation of Armand Donald Lacaille / Alex Morrison -- 2. Mesolithic of the Western and Northern Isles of Scotland? Evidence from Pollen and Charcoal / Kevin J. Edwards -- 3. Microscopic Charcoal Records, Inferred Human Activity and Climate Change in the Mesolithic of Northernmost Scotland / Richard Tipping -- 4. Damp Squib: How to Fire a Major Deciduous Forest in an Inclement Climate / Jenny Moore -- 5. Climate Change Events as Seen in the Greenland Ice Core (GISP 2): Implications for the Mesolithic of Scotland / Paul A. Mayewski, Paul C. Buckland, Kevin J. Edwards, Loren D. Meeker and Suzanne O'Brien -- 6. Rivers, Boundaries and Change: A Hypothesis of Changing Settlement Patterns in the Mesolithic of Northern England / Penny Spikins -- 7. Contribution of Tom Affleck to the Study of the Mesolithic of Southwest Scotland / Kevin Edwards -- 8. Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project: Reconstructing Mesolithic Settlement in Western Scotland / Steven Mithen and Mark Lake -- 9. Archaeology on the Edge: Learning to Fend for Ourselves / Peter C. Woodman -- 10. It Is the Technical Side of the Work which is My Stumbling Block: A Shell Midden Site on Risga Reconsidered / Tony Pollard, John Atkinson and Iain Banks -- 11. 'Obanian Problem': Coastal Adaptation in the Mesolithic of Western Scotland / Clive Bonsall -- 12. Time and Tide: Coastal Environments, Cosmology and Ritual Practice in Early Prehistoric Scotland / Tony Pollard -- 13. Lacaille, Microliths and the Mesolithic of Orkney / Alan Saville -- 14. Rough and the Smooth: Axe Polishers of the Middle Neolithic / Kevin J. Taylor -- 15. Self and Social Identity: An Analysis of the Mesolithic body Adornment from the Scottish Western Isles / Biddy Simpson
  2. 16. Mesolithic Chipped Stone Assemblages: Descriptive and Analytical Procedures Used by the Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project / Bill Finlayson, Nyree Finlay and Steven Mithen -- 17. Transition to Agriculture -- 1: Introduction / Ian Armit and Bill Finlayson -- 2: The Basis for Change / Bill Finlayson -- 3: Scotland / Ian Armit -- 18. Food for Thought: Material Culture and the Transformation in Food Use from the Mesolithic to Neolithic / Andrew Jones.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.