The focus of this research is on the later prehistoric period, from
the earliest constructional origins of western Scotland crannogs in
the late Bronze Age through to their apparent emergence as status
dwellings in the Early Historic period after the mid first
millennium AD. The aim is to investigate the ways in which crannogs
functioned as settlements, both on a practical, economic as well as
a symbolic and socio-cultural level. Throughout, the primary
concern is with contextualisation, considering crannogs within
their correct chronological and cultural context through the
critical analysis of dating evidence as well as the identification
of the relevant ritual and symbolic themes- i.e. the Iron Age
veneration of water. It is argued in this book that the
stereotypical view of a crannog that has largely been derived from
the results of work carried out on Irish crannogs has been
misleading in the case of the Scottish sites, tending towards a
view of crannogs as high-status strongholds, often as royal seats.
Though crannogs were certainly a significant feature of the Early
Historic period in Scotland, there is as yet no evidence of direct
connections to royalty in this period and, based on the currently
available evidence, the characterisation of crannogs as high status
sites is misguided in the context of their late Bronze and Iron Age
origins.
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