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Between the Wind and the Water: World Heritage Orkney
Caroline Wickham-Jones
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Description for Between the Wind and the Water: World Heritage Orkney
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The Archaeological sites of Orkney give us an unparalleled glimpse into prehistory. Inscribed as the 'Heart of Neolithic Orkney' World Heritage Site in 1999, four great monuments - the village of Skara Brae, the Ring of Brodgar, the Stones of Stenness and the burial mound of Maeshowe - are also at the centre of the archipelago's story. This book looks at what makes these monuments so special. Caroline Wickham-Jones explores the Neolithic world in which they were built, how they caome to be a focus through the ages, and what they mean ... Read more
The Archaeological sites of Orkney give us an unparalleled glimpse into prehistory. Inscribed as the 'Heart of Neolithic Orkney' World Heritage Site in 1999, four great monuments - the village of Skara Brae, the Ring of Brodgar, the Stones of Stenness and the burial mound of Maeshowe - are also at the centre of the archipelago's story. This book looks at what makes these monuments so special. Caroline Wickham-Jones explores the Neolithic world in which they were built, how they caome to be a focus through the ages, and what they mean ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Windgather Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
178
Place of Publication
Macclesfield, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909686502
SKU
V9781909686502
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Ref
99-3
About Caroline Wickham-Jones
Caroline Wickham-Jones lives and works in Orkney. She is an honorary Research Associate in archaeology at the University of Aberdeen. She has worked on, and directed, archaeological excavations across Scotland including Skara Brae and Links of Noltland in Orkney. She directed the excavations of a Mesolithic site on the island of Rum and since then she has worked on ... Read more
Reviews for Between the Wind and the Water: World Heritage Orkney
blends hard archaeological fact with an appreciation of the sophisticated systems of belief that gave rise to Orkney's rich and complex heritage.
Current Archaeology
This comprehensive and beautifully illustrated book is a thoroughly revised and updated new edition…[it] is a book which succeeds on several different levels.
Landscape History
Current Archaeology
This comprehensive and beautifully illustrated book is a thoroughly revised and updated new edition…[it] is a book which succeeds on several different levels.
Landscape History