In the Shadow of the Brochs: The Iron Age in Scotland

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Beverley Ballin Smith, Iain Banks
Tempus, 2002 - 256 Seiten
In this work, 20 leading Scottish authorities and new researchers on the Iron Age provide a wide-ranging account of our present knowledge of the period.

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Acknowledgements
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South of the Caledonian Fault
27
The Western Isles
55
Urheberrecht

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activity analysis Antiquaries of Scotland appears archaeological Armit associated Atlantic roundhouses barley base Britain broch building century complex construction context continued Crannog dating decoration deposits detailed discovery discussion distribution earlier early Edinburgh enclosure entrance evidence example excavation face floor further gallery grain Hill Historical identified important indicate interpretation Iron Age islands land landscape late later levels Lewis lintels Loch major material Monuments nature Norse North North Uist Northern occupation Old Scatness original Orkney perhaps period phases population possible pottery present probably problem Proceedings produced radiocarbon range recent recorded remains represent Roman roof samples Scottish seems sequence settlement Shetland side similar Skye Smith social Society of Antiquaries soil souterrain South southern stone structures suggests timber Udal University volume wall Western Isles wheelhouse

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Autoren-Profil (2002)

Iain Banks was born in Fife in 1954 and was educated at Stirling University where he studied English Literature, Philosophy and Psychology. Banks came to widespread and controversial public note with the publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, in 1984. His first science fiction novel, Consider Phlebas, was published in 1987. He continued to write both mainstream fiction (as Iain Banks) and science fiction (as Iain M. Banks). Banks' mainstream fiction included The Wasp Factory (1984), Walking on Glass (1985), The Bridge (1986), Espedair Street (1987), Canal Dreams (1989), The Crow Road (1992), Complicity (1993), Whit (1995), A Song of Stone (1997), The Business (1999), Dead Air (2002) and The Steep Approach to Garbadale (2007). His final book, The Quarry, was released posthumously on June 20, 2013. Banks died on June 9, 2013 of terminal gall bladder cancer.

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TitelIn the Shadow of the Brochs: The Iron Age in Scotland
HerausgeberBeverley Ballin Smith, Iain Banks
Ausgabeillustriert
VerlagTempus, 2002
Original vonUniversity of Michigan
Digitalisiert8. Okt. 2008
ISBN075242517X, 9780752425177
Länge256 Seiten
  
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