The archaeology of Skye and the Western Isles
By: Ian Armit.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press in association with Historic Scotland
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology) -- Scotland -- Skye, Island of.; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Scotland -- Western Isles.; Skye, Island of (Scotland) -- Antiquities.; Western Isles (Scotland) -- Antiquities.
Description: From the Callanish stones and the great ritual monuments of the Neolithic, the broch towers and the wheelhouses of the Iron Age, through to the arrival of the Norse and the Lords of the Isles, this book explores the history of human settlement and society from the first hunter-gatherers to the Clearances. What emerges is a Hebridean archaeology as distinctive as those of Orkney and Wessex.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-257) and index.