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Showing 1 to 20 of 70 for “"Orkney"”.
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Runic writing in Orkney: expression of a Norse identity?
… Age and Late Norse runic inscriptions from Orkney have been reviewed, with some addition and removals from the corpus, and put into a wider context, using interdisciplinary methods from runology, linguistics, philology, onomastics, and archaeology. The inscriptions are used as sources of …
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Orkney pilgrimage: perspectives of the cult of St. Magnus
… This thesis focuses on St Magnus, Earl of Orkney († c. 1116), the cult and pilgrimage process which emerged 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 …
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Landscape and Society in Orkney during the First Millennium BC
… of embodied space and place in the landscapes of Orkney during the first millennium BC. This aims to address the persistent obsession with architectural evidence in Atlantic Scotland which has dominated research into the period, and has come at the expense of considerations of later prehistoric …
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Art and Architecture in Neolithic Orkney: Process, Temporality and Context
… analysis of Neolithic art and architecture in Orkney. Focussing upon the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site, it details the results of original fieldwork at three sites with in situ dressed and decorated stonework: Maeshowe, Skara Brae and the Ness of Brodgar. It combines the …
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The environmental context of later prehistoric human activity in Orkney, Scotland
… changing environmental conditions in prehistoric Orkney. Archaeological remains from the Orcadian Bronze Age are less visible than those from the Neolithic and Iron Age, leading to suggestions that the Neolithic-Bronze Age transition represents a cultural and/or economic 'decline'. This 'decline' …
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Evaluation of LiDAR Visualisation Techniques within the National Scenic Area of Orkney
… (DEMs) within the National Scenic Area (NSA) of Orkney<br/>which covers 244 km2 and incorporates the |UNESCO World Heritage Site, The Heart Of<br/>Neolithic Orkney. To date there has been no significant analysis nor interpretation of this<br/>LIDAR data for this region as a whole. Previous …
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Luminescence dating of Scottish burnt mounds: new investigations in Orkney and Shetland
… the luminescence dating of burnt mounds in the Orkney and Shetland Islands. Through an examination of available evidence for Scottish burnt mounds, a number of key problematic areas have been identified in relation to our understanding of these sites and their place within the archaeological …
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The Origins and Early Development of the Parochial System in the Orkney Earldom
… of ecclesiastical sites and parish boundaries in Orkney. An historiographical assessment of previous work, and of the evidence on which it was based, prefaces the detailed re-examination of the individual chapel sites in their landscape setting. The patterns that emerge from this study are …
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Put in context: place-based sustainable tourism strategy evaluation in the Orkney islands.
… needs of a local destination. Using the Orkney Islands as a case study, this research focuses on the sense of place of the members of Orkney communities as a foundation for their perceptions of tourism value and sustainability needs in the tourism context. Underpinned by pragmatism and …
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The Identity and International Relations of Orkney and Dublin in the long Eleventh Century
… as it applies to the Scandinavian settlements of Orkney and Dublin in the eleventh century. Comparative analysis identifies how key differences in the settlements’ location and make-up affected their dynamic, and even opportunistic, set of relationships with their Scandinavian ‘homelands’ and with …
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Rock matters: a geological basis for understanding the Rock at the Ness of Brodgar, Orkney
… to late Neolithic site in the West Mainland of Orkney. Discovered in 2003, the site is located on an isthmus of land between two lochs and is equidistant between the Ring of Brodgar and the Stones of Stenness stone circles. The site consists of more than two dozen drystone buildings encircled by …
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Palaeoenvironmental investigations into the human-environmental interactions of prehistoric communities around loch of Stenness, Orkney
… environments within the Heart of Neolithic Orkney (HONO), by analysing sediment sequences from the Loch of Stenness. This study focuses on the Mesolithic (10000 cal BC to 4100 cal BC) and Neolithic (4100-2500 cal BC) periods. Research uses pollen, and unique to this study (for the Stenness …
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The chambered cairns of Orkney: land and society in the third and second millennia BC
Abstract available p. iv-vii
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Rackwick - A study into its role in the development of contemporary art and culture in Orkney
… of Hoy, became the focal point for three of Orkney’s most significant artists. The poet George Mackay Brown first visited the valley in 1946 and wrote numerous works inspired by Rackwick including the poem cycle, Fishermen with Ploughs, published in 1971. The painter Sylvia Wishart adopted a …
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The potential of Short Rotation Coppice (SRC) willow (Salix L.) as a biomass crop in Orkney.
… forestry is unviable in the maritime climate of Orkney, SRC willow (Salix spp.) is a proven alternative woody biomass crop which can be grown as a local renewable fuel. A selection of 13 SRC clones were screened in Orkney and the most promising six clones which are recommended in Orkney are …
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Perceptions of the Social and Cultural Factors which have influenced the use of dialect in Orkney
… which have influenced the use of dialect in Orkney. Orcadians could be said to be bi-dialectal speaking an Orcadianinfluenced Scottish Standard English including Norse-derived lexical items spoken within a diglossic speech situation. The main factors on which the research questions were based …
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Burning Issues: An archaeozoological approach interpreting the significance of burnt and cremated faunal assemblages in Neolithic Orkney
… the Ness of Brodgar, a Neolithic site located in Orkney, Scotland. To better interpret human-animal relationships at the Ness, this thesis examines an individual structure’s<br/>faunal assemblage with an emphasis on the inclusion and analysis of burnt bone. Stereotypically, burnt bone is harder to …
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