The chambered cairns of Orkney
Subtitle: an inventory of the structures and their contents
By: by J.L. Davidson and A.S. Henshall.
Contributors: Henshall, A. S.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Neolithic period -- Scotland -- Orkney.; Cairns -- Scotland -- Orkney.; Passage Graves culture -- Scotland -- Orkney.; Megalithic monuments -- Scotland -- Orkney.; Orkney (Scotland) -- Antiquities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-189) and index.
Table of contents: label: List of abbreviations
title: vi; label: Acknowledgements
title: vi; label: Part One
title: Introduction
pagenum: 1; label: 1.
title: The objectives, and recording methods for the Inventory
pagenum: 3; label: 2.
title: The development of the study of Orcadian chambered cairns
pagenum: 6; label: 3.
title: The present and past environment, and the location of cairns
pagenum: 9; title: The present environment; title: The neolithic environment; title: The location and distribution of cairns; label: 4.
title: The structure of the Orkney-Cromarty group cairns
pagenum: 19; title: General description and the passages; title: The chambers; title: The round and rectangular cairns; title: Short horned, and long, cairns; title: The relationship of cairns and chambers; title: Multi-period construction; label: 5.
title: The structure of the Maes Howe-group cairns
pagenum: 37; title: General description; title: The chambers; title: The cairns; title: The passages; title: Procedures for building; title: The decorated stones; title: Maes Howe; label: 6.
title: The use and sealing of the chambers, and the history of the cairns
pagenum: 52; title: Introduction; title: Pre-cairn structures; title: The use of Orkney-Cromarty chambers; title: The use of Maes Howe-type chambers; title: The sealing of the chambers; title: Later history of the cairns; label: 7.
title: The contents of the cairns and associated artefacts
pagenum: 64; title: Introduction; title: Artefacts from the period of use of the Orkney-Cromarty chambers; title: Artefacts possible post-dating the use of the Orkney-Cromarty chambers; title: Artefacts from Maes Howe-type chambers and cairns; title: The decorated stones at maes Howe-type cairns; title: Human and animal bones from both groups of cairns; title: Evidence for cereals; label: 8.
title: Orientation, dating and relationships
pagenum: 85; title: Orientation; title: Dating; title: The relationships of Orkney-Cromarty-type cairns, Unstan ware habitation sites and long cairns; title: The relationships of Maes Howe-type cairns and Grooved Ware habitation sites; title: The relationship of Orkney-Cromarty cairns and the Unstan Ware communities with Maes Howe-type cairns and the Grooved Ware communities; title: The significance of the tombs and their closure; label: Part Two
title: The Inventory of chambered cairns in Orkney
pagenum: 101; label: List of references
title: 187; label: Index
title: 190