Crannogs and Later Prehistoric Settlement in Western Scotland

by Graeme Cavers

The focus of this research is on the later prehistoric period, from the earliest constructional origins of western Scotland crannogs in the late Bronze Age through to their apparent emergence as status dwellings in the Early Historic period after the midfirst millennium AD. The aim is to investigate the ways in which crannogs functioned as settlements, both on a practical, economic as well as a symbolic and socio-cultural level. Throughout, the primary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1407306405
• ISBN13: 9781407306407
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 11.6"