Scottish Odysseys The Archaeology of Islands

by Noble, Gordon; Poller, Tessa; Raven, John; Verrill, Lucy

• ISBN13: 9780752441689
• ISBN10: 075244168X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-06-01
• Publisher: Tempus

Summary

This study is based on a conference held by the Scottish Archaeological Forum to discuss and assess new discoveries and reinterpretations of material relating to the island archaeology of western Europe, particularly the Scottish islands. With an introductory chapter by Andrew Fleming on Iconic and Mythic islands, this account look at different aspects of the subject, in particular Shetland, North and South Uist, and Lewis, as well as more general studies of Late Bronze Age metalworking in the Scottish Islands and the economics of an Iron Age infrastructure in the Northern Isles.

Author Biography

Gordon Noble is the British Academy Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Glasgow. Tessa Poller is currently working on the Dun Eistean Archaeology Project. John Raven currently works for Historic Scotland. Lucy Verrill is a freelance archaeologist. All the editors completed PhDs in aspects of Scottish history looking in part at the Scottish islands.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 7
List of contributors	p. 9
Island Stories	p. 11
West Voe: A Mesolithic-Neolithic transition site in Shetland	p. 23
An island of fluctuating perceptions: the landscape and archaeology of Bute	p. 37
Islandscapes and Standing Stones: changing perceptions	p. 61
Peeling Back the Layers: reconstructing a vanished Iron Age landscape	p. 73
Splendid Isolation? Changing perceptions of Dun Eistean, an island on the north coast of the Isle of Lewis	p. 95
All quiet on the Western Front? Landscape survey on Foula, Shetland	p. 112
At the crossroads: the historical archaeology of Rathlin Island	p. 132
A Fifer in the North: William Bruce and the Laird's Houses of Early Modern Shetland	p. 150
The western islands: Ireland's Atlantic islands and the forging of Gaelic Irish national identities	p. 172
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