9 Retrospective Discussion
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 The major achievements of the project
- 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
- 9.7 Later periods around the Inner Sound
- 9.8 Targetting areas and themes for further study
- 9.9 Conclusion
