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Before Farming 2004 (1)
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Before Farming 2004 (1)
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Before Farming
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2004 (1)
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Journal
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Editor:
Lawrence Barham
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Western Academic & Specialist Press Limited
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2005
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Date Of Issue From:2004
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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http://www.waspress.co.uk/journals/beforefarming/journal_20041/index.php
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https://online.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/bfarm/2004/1
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Created Date:
27 Apr 2007
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Abstract
The Mesolithic in Scotland: action archaeology for the twenty-first century
Caroline R Wickham-Jones
46 - 63
The paper presents an overview of existing information on the Mesolithic in Scotland with two aims: to inform others; and to generate discussion and comparison in order to aid interpretations in the light of work elsewhere. The main developments in Mesolithic archaeology in Scotland in the mid-twentieth century are presented together with the changes in the situation at the start of the twenty-first century. The cultural setting has shifted from one that was generally regarded as poorly developed, and even late in many places, to the general recognition of a well developed and varied archaeological record that indicates increasingly early settlement at the start of the Holocene. Given that Mesolithic archaeologists in Scotland are now able to make use of many new techniques and have an increasingly rich database at their disposal, the author examines the meaning of these developments and asks where study of the Mesolithic of Scotland might be going, and what can be learnt from colleagues elsewhere.
E-scapes and E-motion: other ways of writing the Mesolithic
Nyree Finlay
64 - 72
This paper aims to review and address some recent trends in writing about the Mesolithic and consider fruitful approaches for understanding the gatherer--hunter--fisher experience of `scapes' (landscape, seascape, taskscape). Attention is focused on the narratives that result from encounters with the archaeological record and a series of examples, drawn from Scotland and the rest of Britain, are presented that reflect on the treatment of various categories of archaeological evidence. Of central concern is how some recent trends in understanding mobility, identity and experience in anthropology inform Mesolithic archaeology. The focus of attention also lies with the conceptual spaces that archaeologists create to understand past environments and the places and routines of gatherer--hunter lifeways. A dominant theme is that of materiality and how material culture can be used to evince a deeper understanding of place and scape. Achieving this necessitates re-animating the material archaeologists work with and revisiting many of the traditional perspectives that are brought to site and artefact interpretation.