Fluctuating settlement patterns in Bronze Age Sutherland : excavation of a roundhouse at Navidale, Helmsdale

Fluctuating settlement patterns in Bronze Age Sutherland : excavation of a roundhouse at Navidale, Helmsdale

Excavation of a well-preserved upstanding roundhouse revetted into a steep hillside at Navidale has revealed a structure with unusually sophisticated architectural traits dated to around 1400-1200 BC. The house was built within an agricultural landscape but its abandonment appears to have been linke...

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Veröffentlicht in:Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 2007, Vol.137, p.137-167
Hauptverfasser: DUNBAR, Lindsay, ELLIS, C, ENGL, R. P, HUNTER, F, MCLAREN, D, MACSWEEN, A, VINCE, A
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Sprache:eng
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Bronze Age
Europe
Metal Ages
North West Europe
Prehistory and protohistory
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Zusammenfassung:Excavation of a well-preserved upstanding roundhouse revetted into a steep hillside at Navidale has revealed a structure with unusually sophisticated architectural traits dated to around 1400-1200 BC. The house was built within an agricultural landscape but its abandonment appears to have been linked to a cessation of agriculture within that landscape, possibly part of a wider environmental decline across northern Scotland. (Author abstract)
ISSN:0081-1564