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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Northern Isles"”.
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Late glacial and Holocene marine geology, palaeoceanography and palaeoecology of the Northern Isles of Scotland
Marine palaeoenvironmental data are essential for understanding how the oceans respond to climate and environmental changes. These data can be used to guide climate models and characterise the environment in which human populations develop. During the Holocene, much of the northwestern North Sea …
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Settlement and landscape in the Northern Isles; a multidisciplinary approach. Archaeological research into long term settlements and thier associated arable fields from the Neolithic to the Norse periods.
The research contained in these papers embodies both results from direct archaeological investigation and also the development of techniques (geophysical, chronological and geoarchaeological) in order to understand long-term settlements and their associated landscapes in Orkney and Shetland. …
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Orkney pilgrimage: perspectives of the cult of St. Magnus
… about a century after the conversion of the Northern Isles. The physical monuments and primary sources, are seen as defining the cult, the pilgrimage process, as well as outlining a trace of the route. St Magnus cult and pilgrimage are also discussed within a comparative context; of the Norse …
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The continuity of status in Iron Age settlements through metallurgical craft specialisation and material wealth
… artefacts and metalworking debris from N orthem Isles and some British sites. Experimental casting was carried out at Old Scatness Broch so that the type and spread of metalworking debris could be assessed. Archaeological evidence for metal use, metalworking and imported artefacts, which are …
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Shetland and the trade of steatite goods in the North Atlantic region during the Viking and early medieval period
… phases indicate that steatite trade outwith the Northern Isles was limited and sporadic. Development of 'replacement' artefact types (such as ceramics) in areas where steatite was not locally available, reiterates the assertion that access to imports such as steatite was restricted. Despite …
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An isotopic investigation into calving seasonality, diet and dairying in British Prehistoric cattle. Reconstructing animal husbandry at a sub-annual resolution using multi-isotope analysis and intra-tooth sampling.
The detection of dairying is essential to understand prehistoric economies, particularly in northwest Europe, where a high degree of lactose tolerance implies that fresh milk has long been a significant dietary component. Domestic cattle (Bos taurus) are biologically able to breed year-round, …
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The architecture of food: Consumption and society in the Iron Age of Atlantic Scotland, with special reference to the site of Old Scatness, Shetland.
Food is the foundation upon which societies are built. It is a means of survival, a source of wealth and prosperity and can be used as a means of social display. In Iron Age Atlantic Scotland, a wide range of food resources were open to exploitation. Among these, barley is likely to have been an …