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Neolithic Scotland - Timber, Stone, Earth and Fire (Hardcover)
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Neolithic Scotland - Timber, Stone, Earth and Fire (Hardcover)
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This is an account of the Neolithic period in Scotland from its
earliest traces around 4000 BC to the transformation of Neolithic
society in the Early Bronze Age fifteen hundred years later. Gordon
Noble inteprets Scottish material in the context of debates and
issues in European archaeology, comparing sites and practices
identified in Scotland to those found elsewhere in Britain and
beyond. He considers the nature and effects of memory, sea and land
travel, ritualisation, island identities, mortuary practice,
symbolism and environmental impact. He synthesises excavations and
research conducted over the last century and more, bringing
together the evidence for understanding what happened in Scotland
during this long period. His long-term and regionally based
analysis suggests new directions for the interpretation of the
Neolithic more generally. After outlining the chronology of the
Neolithic in Europe Dr Noble considers its origins in Scotland. He
investigates why the Earlier Neolithic in Scotland is characterised
by regionally-distinct monumental traditions and asks if these
reflect different conceptions of the world. He uses a long-term
perspective to explain the nature of monumental landscapes in the
Later Neolithic and considers whether Neolithic society as a whole
might have been created and maintained through interactions at
places where large-scale monuments were built. He ends by
considering how the Neolithic was transformed in the Early Bronze
Age through the manipulation of the material remains of the past.
Neolithic Scotland provides a comprehensive, approachable and
up-to-date account of the Scottish Neolithic. Such a book has not
been available for many years. It will be widely welcomed.
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