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Prehistoric Orkney /

Examines the monuments of prehistoric Orkney, spanning a period from the earliest farmers around 4000 BC, to the Viking invasion about AD 800. The text uncovers details of the dwellings and everyday life of the early Orcadians.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ritchie, Anna
Corporate Author: Historic Scotland
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : B.T. Batsford : Historic Scotland, 1995.
Series:Historic Scotland (Series)
Subjects:
Orkney (Scotland) > Antiquities.
Prehistoric peoples > Scotland > Orkney.
Antiquities.
Prehistoric peoples.
Scotland > Orkney.
Antiquities
Orkney (Scotland)
Table of Contents:
  • Orkney, land and sea
  • Everyday life
  • Ancestral celebrations
  • The role of art in life and death
  • Tribal organization and ceremony
  • A prehistoric recession?
  • Patrons and warlords
  • Monumental folklore.