n.a. (1999). 1 The background to the Kebister project. In: n.e. Kebister: The Four-thousand-year-old Story of One Shetland Township. Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. pp. 1-22.
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1 The background to the Kebister project | ||
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Kebister: The Four-thousand-year-old Story of One Shetland Township | ||
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Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Monograph Series | ||
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14 | ||
Number of Pages The number of pages in the publication or report |
332 | ||
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1 - 22 | ||
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Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report |
This chapter considers the physical environment of Shetland (geology and geomorphology, soils, vegetation and land-use), the environmental and cultural history of Shetland (earlier and later Holocene), the archaeological background (recent investigations into settlement in Shetland, Neolithic land-taking, climatic change and peat growth, burnt mounds, burial practices, raw materials and trade, house types, the scarcity of Norse settlement sites, the Pictish/Norse interface), the natural setting of Kebister (location and topography, geology, soils and sediments of the Kesbister hillide, vegetation of the hillside, prehistoric land-use), a short history of Kebister (placenames, scat, township size and pertinents, Kebister's owners, landlords and tenants, the improvements), and an introduction to the project. Prior to this work little was known about the archaeology of Kebister. | ||
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
1999 | ||
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0903903148 | ||
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