Based on lectures given at the Conference of the British Summer School of Archaeology at Edinburgh in 1954, this book, published in 1962, surveys the general field of pre-historic Scotland, five archaeologists each contributing chapters discussing the main aspects and problems that have presented themselves in specialised research areas. From the first peopling of the area by human communities with hunting and food-gathering economies, to field antiquities and the introduction of copper and bronze metallurgy and on to the first settlement by Celtic speakers and the links to the first historically documented Scotland. Contributors: R.J.C. Atkinson, G.E. Daniel, T.G.E. Powell and C.A.R. Radford.

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The Prehistoric Peoples of Scotland
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Index

Abercorn, 128
Abercromby, Lord, 75f, 80, 94, 96, 97
Aberdeenshire, 11, 17, 19, 22, 28, 30
Aberlady, 128
Abernethy Culture, 144f
Ablington, 45
Achnacree, 16, 43, 52
Adabrock, 117
Aedh, 136
Alcalar, 43n, 48
Alcluith, 140
All Cannings Cross, 118
All Cannings Cross Culture, 144f
Almeria, 63
Ammianus Marcellinus, 150
Anderson, Joseph, 41, 43, 44, 45
Aneirin, 128, 139
Angles, 125, 127ff
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 138
Angus, 147f
animals, domestic, 58
Arbor Low, 69
archer’s equipment, 81f
Ardeer, 96
Ardoe, 115
Ardvourney, 135
Argyll, Irish invasion, 137f
Arminghall, 69
arm-ring/bracelets, 89, 100
Arran, 68
Arreton Down, 98
arrowheads
in Beaker graves, 81
leaf-shaped, 19f, 26, 56
petit-tranchet, 25, 26, 57
Atkinson, R.J. C., 69
Auchterhouse, Wester Mains, 98
Audleystown, 10
Aveling, 45
Avielochan, 53, 55
awls, 89
axes
metal, 67, 88, 89, 98
stone, 19, 56
see also battle-axes
Azilian culture, 4
Bagneux, 62
Balcalk, 89
Balearics, 60
Balgone, 26
Ballinderry, 152
balls, carved stone, 23, 27f
Ballyme...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Original Title Page
- Original Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- I Fishermen and Farmers
- II The Megalith Builders
- III Traders and Metal-workers
- IV The Coming of the Celts
- V From Prehistory to History
- Index
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