Barber, J. W., (1997). The excavation of a stalled cairn at the Point of Cott, Westray, Orkney.
 Title The title of the publication or report |
The excavation of a stalled cairn at the Point of Cott, Westray, Orkney | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Series The series the publication or report is included in |
STAR Monograph | ||
Volume Volume number and part |
1 | ||
Pages The number of pages in the publication or report |
98 | ||
Downloads Any files associated with the publication or report that can be downloaded from the ADS |
|
||
DOI The DOI (digital object identifier) for the publication or report. |
|||
Publication Type The type of publication - report, monograph, journal article or chapter from a book |
Monograph (in Series) | ||
Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report |
Prevailing models of cairns as mounds of stone and chambers as ossuary dumps proved unreliable; patterns were detected in architecture and deposition. The impact of the cairn in the relatively undomesticated landscape is stressed: the skill and organisation required for its building argues against an egalitarian society. Direct -- if limited -- contact between Orkney and the rest of the Atlantic seaboard is inferred. Cairns could be quickly erected and as quickly removed, so their survival may not represent the original distribution on better land. There are specialist contributions on: `The pottery' by A MacSween (27--9); `The lithic assemblage' (30--4) and `Coarse stone and pumice' (35) by N Finlay; `Whale ivory beads' by A MacSween & N Finlay (35--6); `The human bone' by F Lee (37--44); `Animal bone' by E Halpin (45--50); `Bird bone' by M Harman (50--1); `Fish and amphibians' by J Coy & S Hamilton-Dyer (51--3); and `The microfossil content of excavated samples' by S Butler (54--7). Appendix I catalogues human bone (79--90). | ||
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
1997 | ||
ISBN International Standard Book Number |
0951934430 | ||
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. |
|
||
Note Extra information on the publication or report. |
Date Of Issue From: 1997 | ||
Source Where the record has come from or which dataset it was orginally included in. |
The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB) | ||
Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered |
21 Jan 2002 |
