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Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
National Museums Scotland
Chambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1JF
Scotland
Author C.R. Wickham-Jones
with
A. Clarke, B. Finlayson, K. Hirons, D. Sutherland and P. Zetterlund
and contributions by
S. Butler, G. Cook, D. Davidson, A. Dugmore, G. Durant,
K. Edwards, D. Griffiths, D. Jordan, M. Kemp, S. Lee,
B. Maker, S. Mccarten, R. Mccullagh, B. Moffat,
R. Parish, and others
Illustration
M. O'Neil and J. Terry with A. Braby and J. Holm
Acknowledgements
List of contributors to the volume
List of sponsors of the excavation project
List of illustrations
List of tables
Contents of the microfiche section
Introduction and notes to the volume
1 The island background and the discovery of the site
The physical and ecological background
The historical background
The discovery and potential of the site
2 The excavation: strategy and techniques
Introduction
The first season
The second season
The third season
The undersea survey
S Butler
Artifact analysis: the on-site programme
Artifact analysis: the post-excavation programme
The first season: testing the site
The mesolithic evidence
Later remains
Information from the ploughsoil
Preservation within the field
Excavation outside the field
4 The lithic assemblage: raw materials
The sources of raw materials
Raw material identification
B Finlayson & G Durant
Discussion
5 The lithic assemblage: definitions and composition
Introduction
Definitions
Composition
Summary
6 The lithic assemblage: primary technology
P Zetterlund
Introduction
Sampling the mesolithic material
Sampling the mixed mesolithic/neolithic material
Discussion
7 The lithic assemblage: secondary technology
with S McCartan
Introduction
The modified tool types
Conclusions: secondary technology and the modification of artifacts
8 The lithic assemblage: use and deposition
Introduction
The formative process
Conclusions
9.1 Coarse stone tools
A Clarke
9.2 Pottery
M Kemp
9.3 Pumice
A Clarke & A Dugmore
9.4 Bone
A Clarke
10 The radiocarbon determinations
G Cook & E Scott
Introduction
Discussion
11 The postglacial environment
K Hirons
Introduction
Background
The vegetational and related environmental history of Rhum
The changing resource base of Rhum
12 Site formation processes
D Sutherland
Introduction
The deposition of sediments underlying the site
Site modifications during the Flandrian
The differentiation of the features from the natural sediment
Conclusions
13 The use of bloodstone as a raw material for flaked stone tools in the west of Scotland
A Clarke & D Griffiths
Other lithic scatters on Rhum
Sites off Rhum
Discussion
14 Kinloch: interpretation and context
Introduction
Kinloch in the mesolithic
Neolithic and later activity
Kinloch in the wider context