High Pasture Cave : ritual, memory and identity in the Iron Age of Skye
Birch, Steven (Archaeologist)2021
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High Pasture Cave, located on the island of Skye, Scotland, occupies a liminal location on the very edge of a settlement, and appears to have been a focus for specific and special activities. Its extended period of use is indicated by ephemeral signs of Neolithic activity, limited Bronze Age usage, and vast artefactual and environmental assemblages recovered dating to the Early to Middle Scottish Iron Age, c.800 BC to AD 150. 'High Pasture Cave' details the research-led excavations at the cave and its context in the landscape, including geology and stratigraphy, the use and transformation of the cave from the Neolithic, post-medieval activity after the site's closure, chronology and radiocarbon dating, the human remains, and stable isotope analysis.
Main title:
High Pasture Cave : ritual, memory and identity in the Iron Age of Skye / S.A. Birch, J.T. Mackenzie, G. Cruickshanks.
Author:
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2021.
Collation:
688 pages ; 30 cm
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781785709500 (hbk)
Dewey class:
936.1154
LC class:
DA880.S6
Language:
English
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BRN:
2820954