Neolithic Scotland : timber, stone, earth and fire

Neolithic Scotland : timber, stone, earth and fire / Gordon Noble.

Offers an account of the Neolithic period in Scotland from its early traces around 4000 BC to the transformation of Neolithic society in the Early Bronze Age. This work interprets Scottish material in the context of debates and issues in European archaeology, and outlines the chronology of the Neoli...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Noble, Gordon
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
To 1057
Excavations (Archaeology) > Scotland.
Megalithic monuments > Scotland.
Neolithic period > Scotland.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
Antiquities
Excavations (Archaeology)
Megalithic monuments
Neolithic period
Neolithikum
Scotland > Antiquities.
Scotland > History > To 1057.
Scotland
Schottland
History
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Table of Contents:
  • COVER; Contents; Figures; Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Scotland in the Neolithic: an introduction; CHAPTER TWO Islands in the fast lane: the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition; CHAPTER THREE Burning down the house: the destruction of timber structures; CHAPTER FOUR Planting trees, planting people: long and round barrows in eastern Scotland and beyond; CHAPTER FIVE Megalithic architecture in Atlantic Scotland; CHAPTER SIX The emergence of monument complexes; CHAPTER SEVEN The architecture of monumental landscapes; CHAPTER EIGHT The Early Bronze Age: deconstructing and rebuilding the past.

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