|
Showing 1 - 2 of
2 matches in All Departments
Cults Loch, at Castle Kennedy in Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland,
lies within a landscape rich in prehistoric cropmark sites and
within the loch itself are two crannogs, one of which has been the
focus of this study. A palisaded enclosure and a promontory fort on
the shores of the loch have also been excavated. The Cults Loch
crannog is only the second prehistoric site in Scotland to be dated
by dendrochronology and analysis has revealed the very short
duration of activity on the crannog in the middle of the 5th
century BC. Bayesian analysis of the dating evidence from all the
excavated sites has yielded a chronological sequence which suggests
a dynamic and sequential settlement pattern across the landscape.
The implications of this sequence for later prehistoric settlement
throughout south-west Scotland are explored. The Cults Loch
Landscape Project arose out of the Scottish Wetland Archaeology
Programme (SWAP), the objective of which is to fully integrate the
wetland archaeological resource of Scotland into the more
mainstream narratives of 'dryland' archaeology. The Cults Loch
project has sought to bridge this apparent divide between 'wetland'
and 'dryland' by focusing on a wetland site, the crannog, which
lies at the centre of a prehistoric landscape, rather than being
peripheral to it. Thus, the wealth of well-preserved evidence from
the crannog, particularly the rich ecofactual assemblages, as well
as the higher chronological resolution possible through the
dendro-dating of waterlogged timbers, are brought to bear on our
understanding of the evidence from the cropmark sites around the
loch. The role and function of crannogs are also explored via the
relationship between the crannog in Cults Loch and its social and
physical landscape.
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.