Beside the Ocean: Coastal Landscapes at the Bay of Skaill, Marwick, and Birsay Bay, Orkney: Archaeological Research, 2003-18

by David Griffiths, Michael Athanson, Jane Harrison, et al.

The Bay of Skaill, Marwick Bay, and Birsay Bay form openings in the high sandstone cliffs of Orkney's Atlantic coast. These west-facing bays have long been favored locations for settlement, with access to the ocean, to fresh water, to land and to resources for cultivation. The coastline of Orkney's North-West Mainland is recognized worldwide as a location of exceptional archaeological importance, dominated by the Neolithic world heritage site of Skara...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178925096X
• ISBN13: 9781789250961
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.4" x 11.7"