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Books on: prehistoric scotland

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The Prehistoric Peoples of Scotland

Book by Stuart Piggott; Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1962

Subjects:

Prehistoric Peoples--Scotland, Scotland--Antiquities, Scotland--History--To 1057

Collections: History, Entire Library

...2 Robert Munro, Prehistoric Scotland and its Place in European...century. Robert Munro Prehistoric Scotland was published in 1899 as...Scots , London, 1946; Prehistoric Scotland Historical Association...
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Wild Harvesters: The First People in Scotland

Book by Bill Finlayson; Birlinn, 2005

Subjects:

Hunting And Gathering Societies--Scotland--History, Hunting, Prehistoric--Scotland, Mesolithic Period--Scotland, Scotland--Antiquities

Collections: History, Entire Library

...AND SACRIFICE: The Later Prehistoric People of Scotland A (;ATHEIUNG OF EA(lLE5...Wickham-Jones (Batsford and Historic Scotland 1994) is a general overview...Ercnvatiorrs 011 Orollsay: prehistoric hunnrn ccolo?,J orr a ,rnnll...
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Prehistoric Britain

Book by Jacquetta Hawkes; Penguin Books, 1943

Subjects:

Great Britain--Antiquities, Great Britain--History--To 449, Prehistoric Peoples--Great Britain

Collections: History, Entire Library

...S.A. pl. IIa, fig. 9 ; Prehistoric Society fig. 13 ; Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments, Scotland pl. 5, fig. 20 . Fig. 1...country, especially in western Scotland and Wales, each little settled...some extent, however, the prehistoric communities escaped the isolation...
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Prehistoric Britain

Book by Timothy Darvill; Routledge, 1996

Subjects:

Antiquities, Prehistoric--Great Britain, Great Britain--Antiquities, Prehistoric Peoples--Great Britain

Collections: History, Entire Library

Tim Darvill examins the development of human societies in Britain from the earliest times down to the Roman Conquest, as revealed by available archaeological evidence. Special attention is given to six themes which are traced through all phases of prehistory: subsistence, technology, ritual, trade ...
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Tim Darvill examins the development of human societies in Britain from the earliest times down to the Roman Conquest, as revealed by available archaeological evidence. Special attention is given to six themes which are traced through all phases of prehistory: subsistence, technology, ritual, trade, society and population. Ideal for extramural course use, Prehistoric Britain is a book that can be read for pleasure by anyone interested in the early history of the British Isles.
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The Prehistoric Foundations of Europe to the Mycenean Age

Book by C. F. C. Hawkes; Methuen, 1940

Subjects:

Europe--Civilization--History, Europe--History, Prehistoric Peoples--Europe

Collections: History, Entire Library

THE PREHISTORIC FOUNDATIONS OF EUROPE PLATE I...altar-stone." See pp. 316 -7 THE PREHISTORIC FOUNDATIONS OF EUROPE To the...volume, designed to interpret only the prehistoric collections of the British Museum...

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Journal Articles on: prehistoric scotland

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The Folklore of Northern Scotland: Five Discourses on Cultural Representation

Journal article by James Porter; Folklore, Vol. 109, 1998

Subjects:

Folklore--Social aspects, Scotland--Folklore, legends, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...Anthony, Richard. Herds and Hinds: Farm Labour in Lowland Scotland, 1900-1939. East Linton: Tuckwell Press, 1997. Bender, Barbara. "Theorising Landscapes, and the Prehistoric Landscapes of Stonehenge." Man 27 (1992):735-55. Beveridge...
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"Belts of Gold" and "Twenty-Pounders": Robert Louis Stevenson's Textualized Economies

Journal article by Janet Sorensen; Criticism, Vol. 42, 2000

Subjects:

Economics--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Highlands (Scotland)--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Imperialism in literature--Economic aspects, Stevenson, Robert Louis--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Johnson, Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, ed. Pat Rogers (London: Penguin, 1986...community.... The modern recourse to a `prehistoric form of romance and taletelling, admits...22.) Ian Carter, "The Highlands of Scotland as an Underdeveloped Region," in Emanual...
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Places of Transformation: Building Monuments from Water and Stone in the Neolithic of the Irish Sea

Journal article by Chris Fowler, Vicki Cummings; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 9, 2003

Subjects:

Architecture--Religious aspects, Irish Sea--History, Megalithic monuments--History, Megalithic monuments--Religious aspects, Tombs--Decoration, painting, etc., Tombs--Design and construction

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...monuments of southwest Scotland. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 68...Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 6, 119...chambered tombs of Scotland, vol. 1. Edinburgh...tools in earlier prehistoric Scotland. In Stories in...
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Walter Scott's Romantic Archaeology: New/Old Abbotsford and the Antiquary

Journal article by Shawn Malley; Studies in Romanticism, Vol. 40, 2001

Subjects:

Archaeology--19th century, English literature, 1775-1837 (Romantic period)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Scott, Walter--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Archaeology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland, the first systematic...consciousness in Scotland, Wilson asserts in the preface to Prehistoric Annals that archaeology...Archaeology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland, 1851. Second ed...
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Getting Shot of Elves: Healing, Witchcraft and Fairies in the Scottish Witchcraft Trials

Journal article by Alaric Hall; Folklore, Vol. 116, 2005

Collections: Entire Library

...to have been accused of witchcraft in Scotland between 1563 and 1736," published in...Finally, the SSW used "elfshot" to mean "prehistoric arrowhead thought to be used by fairies...might have been envisaged in early modern Scotland, I wish simply to assess the evidence...

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Magazine Articles on: prehistoric scotland

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The Museum of Scotland

Magazine article by Edward J. Cowan; History Today, Vol. 49, February 1999

Subjects:

Museums--History, Scotland--Galleries and museums

Collections: History, Entire Library

...understandably incomplete. `Early People examines living in Scotland from 8000 BC to 1100 AD by exploring four main themes: `This...purpose of symbolising past peoples and as a means of exhibiting prehistoric jewellery. `The Kingdom of the Scots, c. 500 to 1707, is...
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Alba Scotland

Magazine article by Alistair Cruickshank; Focus, Vol. 46, Winter 2001

Subjects:

Scotland--History, Scots (British people)--History, Scots--History, Scottish history

Collections: Entire Library

...stone circles and sin gle standing stones are found throughout Scotland. The circles were astronomical calendars as well as the center...activities. The single standing stones were set in place from prehistoric time through Norse times (9th to 11th centuries AD), when...
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The Secret of Cladh Hallan

Magazine article by David Keys; Geographical, Vol. 75, June 2003

Subjects:

Ancestor worship--Social aspects, Archaeology, Burial--Social aspects, Mummies--Discovery, exploration, etc., Prehistoric peoples--Discovery, exploration, etc., Prehistoric peoples--Rites and ceremonies, Prehistoric peoples--Social aspects, Scotland--Discovery, exploration, etc., Scotland--History

Collections: Entire Library

...occurred after 800 years of relative inactivity. Other Scottish prehistoric religious sites that were revived at this time include Temple...macabre phenomenon of skull deposits. Whats more, in parts of Scotland, marginal land either changed use (from arable to pastoral...
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Looking Daggers: Ned Denny Admires the Sculptural Sophistication of the Caveman's Tool Kit

Magazine article by Ned Denny; New Statesman, Vol. 131, April 29, 2002

Subjects:

British Museum--Exhibitions, Prehistoric peoples--Exhibitions, Weapons--Exhibitions

Collections: Entire Library

...fashions huge concrete reproductions of prehistoric tools, makes this indebtedness explicit...As the carved stone "balls" found in Scotland testify -- existing purely as enigmas...than emerging from the mud and woods of prehistoric Britain. They alert us to a culture...
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Edinburgh International Festival/edinburgh Fringe

Magazine article by Donald Hutera; Dance Magazine, Vol. 73, December 1999

Subjects:

Dance festivals--Scotland, Edinburgh International Festival--1999, Edinburgh, Scotland--Fairs, festivals, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL/EDINBURGH FRINGE VARIOUS VENUES EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND AUGUST 15-SEPTEMBER 4, 1999 REVIEWED BY DONALD HUTERA In...a quintet of Adams and Eves, nude save for wigs indicating prehistoric style. Movement ranged from mimetic gesture to fleshy clusters...

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Newspaper Articles on: prehistoric scotland

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Happy Daughters of Eve Day; Just Seven Prehistoric Mums Gave Birth to All of Europe's Women, Says DNA Expert

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), February 28, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...are claimed to hail from these seven prehistoric women - dubbed the Seven Daughters Of...fascinates me to find out the gene pool of Scotland. "When I got my results I went on to...found a few descendants of Ursula in Scotland. "Another girl from America contactedme...
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TRIBAL MESS; Prehistoric Nonsense Is All Grunt and Not Enough Brain 10,000 BC ** 12A

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), March 14, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

TRIBAL MESS; Prehistoric Nonsense Is All Grunt and Not Enough...primitive as a cave painting. Its a prehistoric Brave-heart with a young hunter growing...in their infancy. It adds up to a prehistoric potboiler that is all grunt and no...
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TV PLUS; Prehistoric Heroes Are DINO-MITE

Newspaper article by Scott Robinson; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), October 24, 1999

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

TV PLUS; Prehistoric Heroes Are DINO-MITE. by Scott Robinson ANY mention...know now that its a 16ft marine monster. Bizarre but true - these prehistoric creatures have become the most unlikely heroes since, well, the Aberdeen...
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Dino Drama Is a Monster Hit; an Gang of Geeky Adventurers Travel Back in Time to a Prehistoric World in This Fantastic New Sci-Fi Series NEW! PRIMEVAL SATURDAY, STV,7.45pm

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), February 10, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Adventurers Travel Back in Time to a Prehistoric World in This Fantastic New Sci-Fi Series...old-fashioned Saturday night entertainment!" Prehistoric creatures are wandering through a tear...battle Government red tape as well as prehistoric monsters. As Cutter ventures into the...
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PRIME TIME TRAVEL; Sci-Fi Shows Used to Be Kids' Stuff but Scots Star Dougie Henshall Battles Prehistoric Monsters in a Series That's Set to Be a Saturday Night Smash

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), February 3, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...but Scots Star Dougie Henshall Battles Prehistoric Monsters in a Series Thats Set to Be...than just fossils when all manner of prehistoric monsters find their way into the present...The team together discover how the prehistoric creatures are appearing only to vanish...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: prehistoric scotland

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Scotland

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...The Picts , of obscure origin, inhabited Scotland from prehistoric times. The Romans attempted vainly to penetrate...R. Murchison (1970). See also V. G. Childe, Prehistoric Scotland (1940); G. Donaldson, The Scottish Reformation...
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Great Britain

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...became part of British history. For the early history of Scotland and Wales , see separate articles. See also Ireland...12,000 years ago. Little is known about the earliest modern prehistoric inhabitants of Britain, but the remains of their dolmens and...
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Maeshowe

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

MAESHOWE or Maes Howe mas hou, prehistoric monument, on Pomona in the Orkney Islands, off N Scotland, near Stenness. A passage grave with a corbeled vault, it measures 115 ft (35 m) in diameter and 23 ft (7 m) high. It dates to...
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Keith, Sir Arthur

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...SIR ARTHUR 1866 1955, British anatomist, b. Aberdeen, Scotland, educated at the Univ. of Aberdeen, University College, London...anatomy to an influential study of human origins, reconstructing prehistoric man based on fossil remains from Europe and N Africa. His...
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Mainland

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Age village. 2 Island, 375 sq mi (971 sq km), extreme N Scotland. It is the largest of the Shetland Islands . Lerwick...Mainland, is the principal town of the islands. Remains of a prehistoric village at Jarlshof exist. ____________________ The Columbia...

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