Caithness Archaeology

Aspects of Prehistory

• Author(s): Andrew Heald, John Barber,
• Publisher: Whittles Publishing
• Pages: 168
• ISBN_10: 1849951519
  ISBN_13: 9781849951517
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Ancient / General , History / Europe / Great Britain / Scotland , Social Science / Anthropology / General , Social Science / Archaeology ,

Description:... Caithness, the most northerly county in mainland Britain, is one of the richest cultural landscapes in Europe. The relative geographical isolation of the area, traditional landholding and the survival of large estates, combined with the use of flagstone as the main building material since earliest times, has ensured the survival of a wide range of monuments in a profusion unequalled elsewhere in Scotland. In the 19th century, Caithness was at the forefront of archaeological endeavours with many sites central to our understanding of Scottish prehistory. This book examines this archaeology.