Beside the Ocean: Coastal Landscapes at the Bay of Skaill, Marwick, and Birsay Bay, Orkney: Archaeological Research, 2003-18
The Bay of Skaill, Marwick Bay, and Birsay Bay form openings in the high sandstone cliffs of Orkney¿s Atlantic coast. These west-facing bays have long been favoured locations for settlement, with access to the ocean, to fresh water, to land and to resources for cultivation. The coastline of Orkney¿s North-West Mainland is recognised worldwide as a location of exceptional archaeological importance, dominated by the Neolithic world heritage site of Skara Brae, and the Viking-Norse remains on the tidal Brough of Birsay. Many of its archaeological sites have been exposed by coastal erosion, a serious problem which continues its destructive progre…
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Weitere Autoren: Harrison, Jane / Athanson, Michael
- ISBN: 978-1-78925-096-1
- EAN: 9781789250961
- Produktnummer: 27183637
- Verlag: Oxbow Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 376 S.
- Masse: H30.2 cm x B21.5 cm x D2.7 cm 1'685 g
- Gewicht: 1685
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