Scotland's First Settlers

Section 9

9 Retrospective Discussion

• 9.1 Introduction
• 9.2 The major achievements of the project
  • 9.2.1 Fieldwork
  • 9.2.2 Post excavation
• 9.3 The Mesolithic
• 9.4 SFS 4, Sand
  • 9.4.1 The site
  • 9.4.2 The midden
  • 9.4.3 Away from the midden
  • 9.4.4 Flaked lithic tools
  • 9.4.5 Cobble tools
  • 9.4.6 Bone tools
  • 9.4.7 Worked shell
  • 9.4.8 Pigment
  • 9.4.9 Zooarchaeology
  • 9.4.10 Shellfish
  • 9.4.11 Marine exploitation
  • 9.4.12 Vegetational history
  • 9.4.13 Specialisation at Sand?
  • 9.4.14 Seasonality at Sand
  • 9.4.15 The wider site at Sand
  • 9.4.16 Date
• 9.5 Midden sites in a Mesolithic context
• 9.6 First foragers: the Mesolithic around the inner sound
  • 9.6.1 Dates
  • 9.6.2 Types of site
  • 9.6.3 Mobility in the Mesolithic of the Inner Sound
• 9.7 Later periods around the Inner Sound
  • 9.7.1 Early Farmers
  • 9.7.2 The First Bronze Workers
  • 9.7.3 Iron Working
  • 9.7.4 The Historic Period
  • 9.7.5 Biases in the Historical record
• 9.8 Targetting areas and themes for further study
• 9.9 Conclusion

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