Neolithic Orkney in its European context /

Orkney, newly-designated as a world heritage site, has numerous well-preserved Neolithic monuments which give insights into the lives of neolithic peoples in Britain and beyond. This text discusses the subject

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Orkney Heritage Society
Other Authors: Ritchie, Anna, Ritchie, Anna, 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [England] : Oxford : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge ; Distributed by Oxbow Books, c2000
Cambridge [England] : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, c2000
Cambridge, England : 2000
Cambridge, England : c2000
Cambridge, England : [2000]
Series:McDonald Institute monographs
McDonald Institute monographs
McDonald Institute monographs
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505 0 0 |t Introduction: The Auld Hoose Spaeks: Society and Life in Stone Age Orkney /  |r Colin Renfrew --  |g Pt. I  |t Investigating Landscape and Identity in the Neolithic --  |g Ch. 1.  |t Investigating Landscape and Identity in the Neolithic /  |r Barbara Bender --  |g Ch. 2.  |t Later Neolithic Ceremonial Centres, Ritual and Pilgrimage: the Monument Complex of Thornborough, North Yorkshire /  |r Jan Harding --  |g Ch. 3.  |t The Walton Basin, Radnor, Powys: Explorations in a Neolithic Landscape /  |r Alex Gibson --  |g Ch. 4.  |t Water Coincidence? Cursus Monuments and Rivers /  |r Kenneth Brophy --  |g Ch. 5.  |t Bare but Bountiful: the Later Neolithic Social and Physical Landscape of Thy, Jutland /  |r I. J. N. Thorpe --  |g Ch. 6.  |t The Identity of Place in Neolithic Britain: Examples from Southwest Scotland /  |r Julian Thomas --  |g Pt. II.  |t The Neolithic of Orkney --  |g Ch. 7.  |t Orkney and Scotland Before the Neolithic Period /  |r Alan Saville --  |g Ch. 8.  |t Neolithic Cultures in Orkney: Classification and Interpretation /  |r Sian Jones and Colin Richards --  |g Ch. 9.  |t Antlers and Orcadian Rituals: an Ambiguous Role for Red Deer in the Neolithic /  |r Niall Sharples --  |g Ch. 10.  |t Pool, Sanday, and a Sequence for the Orcadian Neolithic /  |r J. R. Hunter --  |g Ch. 11.  |t Life after Death: Monuments, Material Culture and Social Change in Neolithic Orkney /  |r Andrew Jones --  |g Ch. 12.  |t Skara Brae: Expressing Identity in a Neolithic Community /  |r Alexandra Shepherd --  |g Ch. 13.  |t Excavating the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age of Orkney: Recognition and Interpretation in the Field /  |r Jane Downes and Colin Richards --  |g Ch. 14.  |t Neolithic Pottery-making in Orkney: a New Look /  |r R. E. Jones and B. Brown --  |g Ch. 15.  |t Death in Orkney: a Rare Event /  |r John Barber --  |g Ch. 16.  |t The Neolithic Fair, Skaill House, Sandwick /  |r C. R. Wickham-Jones, Nick Card and Andrew Appleby /  |r [et al.] --  |g Pt. III.  |t Burying the Dead in the Neolithic --  |g Ch. 17.  |t Ancestors, Bones and Stones in Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain and Ireland /  |r Mike Parker Pearson --  |g Ch. 18.  |t Doubleness in the Construction of Danish Passage Graves /  |r Torben Dehn and Svend I. Hansen --  |g Ch. 19.  |t Ritual Process and Social Practice: Monuments and the Dead in Neolithic Normandy /  |r Trevor Kirk --  |g Ch. 20.  |t Stelae Reused in the Passage Graves of Western France: History of Research and a Sexualization of the Carvings /  |r Serge Cassen --  |g Ch. 21.  |t Coping with Death, Changing the Landscape: People, Place and Histories in the Irish Neolithic /  |r Gabriel Cooney --  |g Ch. 22.  |t The Architecture of Sound in Neolithic Orkney /  |r Aaron Watson and David Keating --  |g Pt. IV.  |t Interpretation and Monuments --  |g Ch. 23.  |t Henge Monuments and Landscape Features in Northern England: Monumentality and Nature /  |r Anthony Harding --  |g Ch. 24.  |t Between Orkney and Wessex: the Search for the Regional Neolithics of Britain /  |r Gordon J. Barclay --  |g Ch. 25.  |t Death, Danger, Destruction and Unintended Megaliths: an Essay on Human Classification and its Material and Social Consequences in the Neolithic of South Scandinavia /  |r Lars Holten --  |g Ch. 26.  |t Dating the Neolithic in Orkney /  |r Patrick Ashmore --  |g Ch. 27.  |t Forms and Landforms: the Design and Setting of Neolithic Monuments in Western France /  |r Chris Scarre --  |g Pt. V.  |t Living in the Neolithic: New Perspectives on Habitation and Landscape --  |g Ch. 28.  |t Living in the Neolithic: Habitation and Landscape /  |r Leendert P. Louwe Kooijmans --  |g Ch. 29.  |t Living Space: the Construction of Social Complexity in the European Neolithic /  |r Arkadiusz Marciniak --  |g Ch. 30.  |t 'Rubbish-dumps' or 'Places of Deposition'? Neolithic and Copper Age Settlements in Central and Eastern Europe /  |r John Chapman --  |g Ch. 31.  |t Neolithic Occupation Practices and Social Ecologies from Rinyo to Clacton /  |r Joshua Pollard --  |g Ch. 32.  |t Neolithic Mann in Context /  |r Timothy Darvill. 
505 0 0 |t Investigating landscape and Identity in the Neolithic /  |r Barbara Bender --  |t Later Neolithic ceremonial centres, ritual and pilgrimage : the monument complex of Thornborough, North Yorkshire /  |r Jan Harding --  |t The Walton Basin, radnor, powys: exploration in a Neolithic landscape /  |r Alex Gibson --  |t Water coincidence? cursus monuments and rivers /  |r Kenneth Brophy -- 
505 8 0 |t Ancestors, bones and stones in Neolithic and early bronze age Britain and Ireland /  |r Mike Parker Pearson --  |t Doubleness in the Construction of Danish passage Graves /  |r Torben Dehn and Svend I. Hansen --  |t Ritual process and social practice : monuments and the Dead in Neolithic Normandy /  |r Trevor Kirk --  |t Stelae reused in the passage graves of western France : history of research and sexualization of the carvings /  |r Serge Cassen -- 
505 8 0 |t Antlers and Orcadian rituals : an ambiguous role for red deer in the Neolithic /  |r Niall Sharples --  |t Pool, sanday, and a sequence for the Orcadian Neolithic /  |r J. R. Hunter --  |t Life after Death : monuments, material culture and social change in Neolithic Orkney /  |r Andrew Jones --  |t Skara Brae: expressing identity in a Neolithic Community /  |r Alexandra Shepherd -- 
505 8 0 |t Bare but bountiful : the later Neolithic social and physical landscape of Thy, Jutland /  |r I. J. N. Thorpe --  |t The identity of place in Neolithic Britain : examples from Southwest Scotland /  |r Julian Thomas --  |t Orkney and Scotland before the Neolithic period /  |r Alan Saville --  |t Neolithic cultures in Orkney : classification and interpretation /  |r Siân Jones and Colin Richards -- 
505 8 0 |t Coping with death, changing the landscape : people, place and histories in the Irish Neolithic /  |r Gabriel Cooney --  |t The architecture of sound in Neolithic Orkney /  |r Aaron Watson and David Keating --  |t Henge monuments and landscape features in Northern England : monumentality and nature /  |r Anthony Harding --  |t Between Orkney and Wessex : the search for the regional Neolithics of Britain /  |r Gordon J. Barclay -- 
505 8 0 |t Death, danger, destruction and unintended megaliths : an essay on human classification and its material and social consequences in the Neolithic of South Scandinavia /  |r Lars Holton --  |t Dating the Neolithic in Orkney /  |r Patrick Ashmore --  |t Forms and landforms : the design and setting of Neolithic monuments in Western France /  |r Chris Scarre --  |t Living in the Neolithic: habitation and landscape /  |r Leendert P. Louwe Kooijmans -- 
505 8 0 |t Excavating the Neolithic and early bronze age of Orkney : recognition and interpretation in the field /  |r Jane Downes and Colin Richards --  |t Neolithic Pottery-making in Orkney : a new look /  |r R. E. Jones and B. Brown --  |t Death in Orkney : a rare event /  |r John Barber --  |t The Neolithic fair, skaill house, sandwick /  |r C. R. Wickham-Jones, Nick Card, Andrew Appleby, Patrick Cave-Browne, Arlene Isbister, Peter Leith, Merryn Dineley and Graham Dineley -- 
505 8 0 |t Living space : the construction of social complexity in the european Neolithic /  |r Arkadiusz Marciniak --  |t 'Rubbish-dumps' or 'places of deposition'? Neolithic and copper age settlements in central and eastern Europe /  |r John Chapman --  |t Neolithic occupation practices and social ecologies from Rinyo to Clacton /  |r Joshua Pollard --  |t Neolithic Mann in context /  |r Timothy Darvill 
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