Between the Wind and the Water
World Heritage Orkney
Published on 1. June 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
178 pages
978-1-905119-06-6 (ISBN)
Description
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 today. Picts, saints, Vikings, antiquarians and tourists populate Orkney's past: a history which is channelled through these 'dances of stones'.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Macclesfield
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
b/w and col illus
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 185 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
480 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-905119-06-6 (9781905119066)
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E-Book
04/2014
Oxbow Books
€14.49
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Person
Caroline Wickham-Jones is an archaeologist specialising on the early settlement of Scotland. She graduated from Edinburgh University and has worked on the archaeology of Orkney for thirty years. She is the author of numerous academic papers as well as several books on archaeology including Scotland's First Settlers and The Landscape of Scotland. In 1998 she published a guidebook to the history and archaeology of Orkney. She is a regular columnist for British Archaeology and also the presenter of BBC Radio Orkney's award winning programme: Orky-ology. In 2002 she moved to live in Orkney where she enjoys both open spaces and wide skies.
Content
The story, the visit, the book. The people before: Mesolithic Orkney. Settling down and taming the land: life in the later Neolithic. A dance of stones: ceremony in the late Neolithic. The wider world of the Neolithic. The people after: the Bronze Age and Iron Age.Trade and temptation: early historic Orkney. Farmland, famine and visitors. Antiquarians and archaeologists. World heritage status: the ultimate accolade? Moving on.