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South Uist in the Outer Hebrides has some of the best preserved archaeological remains within Britain and even further afield. Three distinct ecological zones - grassland machair plain, peaty blackland and mountains - each bear the imprint of human occupation over many millennia. The machair strip, long uninhabited, is filled with hundreds of settlement mounds, occupied from the Beaker period 4,000 years ago until a few centuries ago. The blacklands bear the traces of past farming practices as well as the remains of medieval settlements, more recent blackhouses and lochs containing duns, broch

Archaeological surveying --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Archaeology and history --- South Uist (Scotland) --- Antiquities. --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Surveying --- Historical archaeology --- History and archaeology --- History --- Methodology --- Uist, South (Scotland) --- Hebrides (Scotland)

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The settlement at Bornais consists of a complex of mounds which protrude from the relatively flat machair plain in the township of Bornais on the island of South Uist. This sandy plain has proved an attractive settlement from the Beaker period onwards; it appears to have been intensively occupied from the Late Bronze Age to the end of the Norse period. Mound 1 was the original location for settlement in this part of the machair plain; pre-Viking activity of some complexity is present and it is likely that the settlement activity started in the Middle Iron Age, if not earlier. The examination o

Excavations (Archaeology) --- Farms --- South Uist (Scotland) --- Western Isles (Scotland) --- Antiquities. --- Farmsteads --- Agriculture --- Land use, Rural --- Real property --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Western Isles, Scot. (Region) --- Outer Hebrides (Scotland) --- Long Islands (Scotland) --- Innsegall (Scotland) --- Isles of the Foreigners (Scotland) --- Sudreyar (Scotland) --- Southern Isles (Scotland) --- Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Scotland) --- Na h-Eileanan Siar (Scotland) --- Western Isles (Eilean Siar) (Scotland) --- Eilean Siar (Scotland) --- Western Isles Islands Area (Scotland) --- Uist, South (Scotland) --- Hebrides (Scotland)

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"The 'western seaways' are an arc of sea extending from the Channel Islands in the south, through the Isles of Scilly around to Orkney in the north. This maritime zone has long been seen as a crucial corridor of interaction during later prehistory. Connections across it potentially led, for example, to the eventual arrival of the Neolithic in Britain, almost 1000 years after it arrived on the near continent. This book's primary focus is Early Neolithic settlement on islands within the 'western seaways'--sites that offer significant insight into the character of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in this particular maritime zone. It also explores a series of directly related, wider themes: the nature and effects of 'island-ness' in later prehistory; the visibility of material connections across the sea; the extent of Neolithic settlement variability across Britain; and the consequences of geographical biases in research for our understanding of the prehistoric past. At the heart of the book lie the results of three substantial excavations at L'Erée, Guernsey; Old Quay, St Martin's (Isles of Scilly); and An Doirlinn, South Uist. Key findings include: the first major Mesolithic flint assemblage recovered from Scilly; one of the most extensively excavated and long-lasting Neolithic/Bronze Age occupation sites in the Channel Islands; the first substantial Neolithic settlement on Scilly; and the longest sequence of Neolithic/early Bronze Age occupation on a single site from the Outer Hebrides. In order to contextualise the significance of these findings, we also present an extended discussion and broad synthesis of Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age archaeology on each island group"--Publisher description.

Archaeological surveying --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Neolithic period --- Archaeology --- Surveying --- Methodology --- Stepping Stones Project. --- Neolithic Stepping Stones Project --- South Uist (Scotland) --- Isles of Scilly (England) --- Guernsey --- Great Britain --- Bailiado de Guernesey --- Bailiado de Guernsey --- Bailiazgo de Guernsey --- Bailiwick of Guernsey --- Báillcheantar Gheansaí --- Bailliage de Guernesey --- Bailliage dé Guernési --- Baliaggio di Guernsey --- Baliato di Guernsey --- Baliwat Guernsey --- Batllia de Guernsey --- Bayleeaght Ghuernsey --- Beilïaeth Ynys y Garn --- Beĭlivik Hernsi --- Bejlifstvo Gernzi --- Địa hạt Guernsey --- Gānjī --- Geansaí --- Genxi --- Gernsi --- Gērnsija --- Gernsis --- Gernzi --- Gkernsei --- Gŏnchi Sŏm --- Gȯrnzin Arl --- Guernésey --- Guèrneseyi --- Guerneseyko Bailiazgoa --- Guernési --- Guernsey (Channel Islands) --- Guernsey Eyaleti --- Guernsey foogtkond --- Gŭrnzi --- Gvernsejo --- Gwasi --- Gwernenez --- Gwernenys --- Hernsi --- Kōnihi --- Lesia --- Lisia --- Moutere Kōnihi --- Rychtářství Guernsey --- Sarnia (Bailiwick) --- States of Guernsey --- Vogtei Guernsey --- Vostraŭ Hernsi --- Ynys y Garn --- Γκέρνσεϊ --- Бејлифство Гернзи --- Бейлівік Гернсі --- Востраў Гернсі --- Гърнзи --- Гернси --- Гернсі --- Гернзи --- גרנזי --- ガーンジー --- 根西 --- 건지 섬 --- Scilly (England) --- Ynysek Syllan (England) --- Scilly Isles (England) --- Scillies (England) --- Uist, South (Scotland) --- Hebrides (Scotland) --- Antiquities.