UID:
almafu_9960141257902883
Format:
1 online resource (300 p.)
ISBN:
9781474471725
Content:
Bringing together the latest work on the Mesolithic in Scotland and Northern England, this is a fundamental re-assessment of early prehistory from the key researchers in the area. Based firmly on archaeological evidence from recent excavations, this important book also includes work on the environmental background.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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Preface --
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1. The Northward March of Palaeolithic Man in Britain’: An Appreciation of Armand Donald Lacaille --
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PART 1: THE ENVIRONMENTAL BACKGROUND --
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2. A Mesolithic of the Western and Northern Isles of Scotland? Evidence from Pollen and Charcoal --
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3. Microscopic Charcoal Records, Inferred Human Activity and Climate Change in the Mesolithic of Northernmost Scotland --
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4. Damp Squib: How to Fire a Major Deciduous Forest in an Inclement Climate --
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5. Climate Change Events as Seen in the Greenland Ice Core (GISP2): Implications for the Mesolithic of Scotland --
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PART 2: REGIONAL STUDIES --
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6. Rivers, Boundaries and Change: A Hypothesis of Changing Settlement Patterns in the Mesolithic of Northern England --
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7. The Contribution of Tom Affleck to the Study of the Mesolithic of Southwest Scotland --
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8. The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project: Reconstructing Mesolithic Settlement in Western Scotland --
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9. Archaeology on the Edge: Learning to Fend for Ourselves --
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PART 3: MARINE ADAPTATIONS --
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10. It Is the Technical Side of the Work which is My Stumbling Block: A Shell Midden Site on Risga Reconsidered --
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11. The ‘Obanian Problem’: Coastal Adaptation in the Mesolithic of Western Scotland --
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12. Time and Tide: Coastal Environments, Cosmology and Ritual Practice in Early Prehistoric Scotland --
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PART 4: MATERIAL CULTURE --
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13. Lacaille, Microliths and the Mesolithic of Orkney --
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14. The Rough and the Smooth: Axe Polishers of the Middle Neolithic --
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15. Self and Social Identity: An Analysis of the Mesolithic body Adornment from the Scottish Western Isles --
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16. Mesolithic Chipped Stone Assemblages: Descriptive and Analytical Procedures Used by the Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project --
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PART 5: SOCIAL CHANGE --
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17. The Transition to Agriculture 1: Introduction --
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The Transition to Agriculture 2: The Basis for Change --
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The Transition to Agriculture 3: Scotland --
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18. Food for Thought: Material Culture and the Transformation in Food Use from the Mesolithic to Neolithic
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781474471725
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474471725
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474471725
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474471725
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474471725
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