ISSN 1473-3803
ISBN 978 090390361 5
URL: http://www.sair.org.uk/sair31/
Mesolithic and later sites around the Inner Sound, Scotland: the work of the Scotland’s First Settlers project 1998–2004
Karen Hardy & Caroline Wickham-Jones (eds)
Karen Hardy & Caroline Wickham-Jones (eds)
With contributions by: P Ashmore, P Austin, J Barrett, S Campbell, A Clarke, M Cressey, A Dawson, S Dawson, K Edwards, N Finlay, F Green, A Heald, F Hunter, A Isbister, A MacSween, L McAllan, N Milner, A Newton, R Parks, R Schulting, R Shiel.
Scotland’s First Settlers comprised a survey project to locate and examine sites relating to the earliest, Mesolithic, settlement of the Inner Sound, along the coastlands between Skye and the west coast of Scotland. Particular foci of interest included the existence and nature of midden sites, the use of rockshelters and caves, and the different types of lithic raw material in use. In addition, information relating to the human use of the area up to the present day was recorded. Fieldwork took place over five years between 1999 and 2004: the entire coastline of the Inner Sound, together with its islands, was walked… more >>
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