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The Prehistory Of Scotland
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This volume, originally published in 1935, sought to reveal the significance of Scottish prehistory for the development of understanding of European prehistory. Written at a time of rapid accumulation of new relics and monuments and the insights from them, Professor Childe presented some important new data and made tentative conclusions for the future results from these finds. After an introduction to the geography of Scotland the book looks at evidence from cairns, tombs and stone circles and then addresses chronologically the evidence from Early Bronze Age to Late and onto the Iron Age, with a chapter devoted to forts, towns and castles. It ends with a discussion of what happened in the Dark Ages and addresses questions about the Celts and the Picts and the diversity of the peoples in Scotland.
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Index
Abercromby, J., 81, 126, 142, 264
Abernethy, Castlelaw (E. Perths.), 194, 226, 231, 233, 234, 236, 257
Achaidh (E. Sutherland), 36
Achnacree (Argyll), 41, 64, 65
Adabrock (Lewis), 153, 161, 165, 166
Adamnan, St., 4
adzes, bronze, flanged 147
Agricola, 4, 190, 191, 192, 207, 237, 241, 243
agriculture, 7, 22, 26, 60, 67, 75, 78, 118, 123, 154, 175, 183, 200, 204, 209, 224, 247, 265; see also barley, lynchets, querns, sickels, wheat
Aikerness (Orkney), 239, 258
Aitnock (Ayrs.), 198
Alcalá (Portugal), 59, 78
alignments, 44, 114, 119
All Cannings Cross (Wilts.), 170, 222, 233, 238, 239, 241, 243
Alloa (Clackmannan), 130, 131, 162, 164
amber, 60, 103, 104, 140, 150, 153
Ammianus, 261
Anderson, J., 32, 33, 38, 40, 53, 114, 140, 166 n., 204, 248
antechambers (to collective tombs), 24, 37, 42, 58
Antonine Wall, see Roman Walls
anvils, 151
Archerfield Cave (E. Lothian), 229
Ardeer (Ayrs.), 129, 135, 136
Ardifuar (Argyll), 200, 257
Ardoch (Perths.), 166, 192, 230
Ardoe (Aberdeens.), 161
Aristotle, 115
armlets: jet, 52, 138, 170, 171, 176, 217, 235, 236, 250; stone, 186; glass, 235, 247
bronze: cuff type, 102; massive, 88, 94, 102; penannular, 153, 16...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Original Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- PREFACE
- ABBREVIATIONS
- I. THE PERSONALITY OF SCOTLAND
- II. THE FIRST COLONIZATION OF SCOTLAND
- III. CHAMBERED CAIRNS
- IV. THE NEOLITHIC CIVILIZATION OF SCOTLAND
- V. THE ROUND-HEADED INVADERS
- VI. EARLY BRONZE AGE MONUMENTS
- VII. CINERARY URNS
- VIII. THE EVOLUTION OF THE BRONZE INDUSTRY
- IX. THE LATE BRONZE AGE INVASION
- X. KELTIC FORTRESSES AND REFUGES
- XI. THE KELTIC IRON AGE
- XII. SCOTLAND BEFORE THE SCOTS
- MAPS
- INDEX