The Neolithic of Mainland Scotland

Brophy, Kenneth

ISBN 10: 0748685731 / ISBN 13: 9780748685738

Published by Edinburgh University Press, 2016

What was life like in Scotland between 4000 and 2000 BC? Where were people living? Why did they spend so much time building extravagant ritual monuments? This volume presents fresh research and radical new interpretations of the pits, postholes, ditches, rubbish clumps, human remains and broken potsherds left behind by our Neolithic forebears. Editor(s): Brophy, Kenneth; MacGregor, Gavin; Ralston, Ian. Num Pages: 256 pages, 80 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3B; HBJD1; HDDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. . . 2016. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780748685738

Synopsis:

What was life like in Scotland between 4000 and 2000 BC? Where were people living? How did they treat their dead? Why did they spend so much time building extravagant ritual monuments? What was special about the relationship people had with trees and holes in the ground? What can we say about how people lived in the Neolithic and early Bronze Age of mainland Scotland where much of the evidence we have lies beneath the ploughsoil, or survives as slumped banks and ditches, or ruinous megaliths? Each contribution to this volume presents fresh research and radical new interpretations of the pits, postholes, ditches, rubbish clumps, human remains and broken potsherds left behind by our Neolithic forebears.

About the Author: The Editors: Kenneth Brophy is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Glasgow. Gavin MacGregor is a heritage professional at the independent body Northlight Heritage. Ian B. M. Ralston is Abercromby Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology and Head of the Archaeology School at the University of Edinburgh.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Neolithic of Mainland Scotland
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication Date: 2016
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New
Edition: 1st Edition