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Author : M. M. Charleson,Malcolm Mackenzie Charleson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1905
Category : Birds
ISBN : NYPL:33433006611663
Author : Colin Richards,Richard Jones
Publisher : Windgather Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781909686908
Considering that Orkney is a group of relatively small islands lying off the northeast coast of the Scottish mainland, its wealth of Neolithic archaeology is truly extraordinary. An assortment of houses, chambered cairns, stone circles, standing stones and passage graves provides an unusually comprehensive range of archaeological and architectural contexts. Yet, in the early 1990s, there was a noticeable imbalance between 4th and 3rd millennium cal BC evidence, with house structures, and ‘villages’ being well represented in the latter but minimally in the former. As elsewhere in the British Isles, the archaeological visibility of the 4th millennium cal BC in Orkney tends to be dominated by the monumental presence of chambered cairns or tombs. In the 1970s Claude Lévi-Strauss conceived of a form of social organization based upon the ‘house’ – sociétés à maisons – in order to provide a classification for social groups that appeared not to conform to established anthropological kinship structures. In this approach, the anchor point is the ‘house’, understood as a conceptual resource that is a consequence of a strategy of constructing and legitimizing identities under ever shifting social conditions. Drawing on the results of an extensive program of fieldwork in the Bay of Firth, Mainland Orkney, the text explores the idea that the physical appearance of the house is a potent resource for materializing the dichotomous alliance and descent principles apparent in the archaeological evidence for the early and later Neolithic of Orkney. It argues that some of the insights made by Lévi-Strauss in his basic formulation of sociétés à maisons are extremely relevant to interpreting the archaeological evidence and providing the parameters for a ‘social’ narrative of the material changes occurring in Orkney between the 4th and 2nd millennia cal BC. The major excavations undertaken during the Cuween-Wideford Landscape Project provided an unprecedented depth and variety of evidence for Neolithic occupation, bridging the gap between domestic and ceremonial architecture and form, exploring the transition from wood to stone and relationships between the living and the dead and the role of material culture. The results are described and discussed in detail here, enabling tracing of the development and fragmentation of sociétés à maisons over a 1500 year period of Northern Isles prehistory.
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555100564
Author : James Grant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11003710
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : HARVARD:32044106493240
Author : David K Ballance
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2000-05-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781783262090
This is an ornithological bibliography for the counties of England, Wales, and Scotland and for the Isle of Man. It includes all known books, pamphlets and papers which contain substantial studies of the birds of local areas, from a county down to a back garden or a gravel pit. Each county has an introduction on its boundaries and the history of its ornithology. There has been no comprehensive national publication of this kind since Mullens, Swann and Jourdain's Geographical Bibliography in 1920. The volume also provides a detailed record of the many county and local bird reports and of the ever-increasing number of area surveys produced by statutory and voluntary bodies. The material is arranged by the pre-1974 counties and takes the record up to 1995. There are maps to show the many changes in county boundaries since 1800. The book will be a standard reference work for libraries and collectors, and for anyone interested in the rich and diverse development of local ornithology in its homeland. Contents:A Brief History of Local RecordingThe Arrangement of This BookThe Counties of EnglandThe Counties of WalesThe Counties of Scotland and The Isle of Man Readership: Ornithologists, bird-watchers, book-collectors/sellers and libraries. Keywords:Birds;Counties;Ornithological Bibliography;England;Wales;Scotland;Isle of ManReviews:“I have no hesitation in recommending this book to researchers and collectors alike and it should be in all major collections, public and university libraries.”Scottish Bird News
Author : Charles Sanford Terry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : Learned institutions and societies
ISBN : PRNC:32101022616625
Author : Caroline Wickham-Jones
Publisher : Windgather Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781909686533
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 center 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 came 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 channeled through these 'dances of stones'. This new second edition replaces the highly successful and widely used first edition, which sold over 1,000 copies. The text has been fully updated to take account of recent discoveries and research including the now world famous site Ness of Brodgar. In addition there are over thirty new images including stunning photographs of Orkney's archaeology and landscape.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Electronic
ISBN : EHC:148101040081S
Author : Peter David Anderson
Publisher : Birlinn
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857906724
For almost a century the islands of Orkney and Shetland were under the rule of the Stewart earls, father and son, a rule remarkable for its infamous reputation in island history. Robert Stewart was an illegitimate son of James V, king of Scots, who seized power in Orkney in the 1560s and was created earl of Shetland in 1581. Robert's son was the extraordinary and ill-starred Earl Patrick, 'Black Patie', whose execution for treason in 1615 brought the era to a close. This book has its foundations in two previous books by Peter Anderson, one on each character.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433082527759
Author : Dolores B. Owen
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0810821532
No descriptive material is available for this title.
Author : Robert Rendall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Marine biology
ISBN : CORNELL:31924001194236
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Caithness (Scotland)
ISBN : UCAL:B3465033
Author : Donald S. Murray
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780857909633
Thousands of visitors go to the Italian Chapel in Orkney every year, witnesses to a series of remarkable acts of transformation. Among these are the Churchill Barriers nearby, straddling the ocean to link a number of Orkney's southernmost islands to its mainland. Constructed to protect Britain's naval fleet in Scapa Flow during World War Two, its builders included a group of Italian soldiers imprisoned in this bleak and windswept part of Scotland. In the course of this, they not only played a part in changing Orkney's way-of-life forever but also transformed a simple Nissen Hut, constructing through their labours a place-of-worship that still stands till this day a remarkable symbol of their identity and faith. The Italian Chapel: Orkney tells the story of the strength and tenacity, laughter and tears of the men who built the Italian Chapel, showing how spirits defeated and despondent during years of exile were lifted by its creation. It does this with its own artistry and grace, using folk-tale and myth to provide a fitting counterpart to the wonder and beauty of the building that inspired it.