Cladh Hallan: Roundhouses and the dead in the Hebridean Bronze Age and Iron Age, Part I: stratigraphy, spatial organisation and chronology [Kõva köide]

The first of two promised monographs (the next will feature artefacts, animal bones and environmental and human remains), this rich compendium presents the sites stunning stratigraphy soils, structures, burials, dating and pottery. * British Archaeology * A large publication, this book contains a vast amount of information, including chapters on thin-section soil micromorphology, scientific dating and pottery, that will be of interst and use to other researchers. * Archaeology Ireland * It is not often that one opens the pages of a huge excavation report with a real sense of anticipation, awaiting the depth and detail that a monograph affords to shed light on a site that garnered much media attention [ It] finally allows the context, chronology, and interpretation of these discoveries to be explained in depth [ and] shows how flexible and evolving excavation methodologies and research questions can lead to outstanding results There is no doubt that the understanding of later prehistoric lifeways, house building, cosmology, burial practices, metallurgical crafts, farming and ceramics have all been augmented by the work at Cladh Hallan and this wonderful volume. * Scottish Archaeological Journal * Lucid writing and communication of the highly complex site stand out throughout the publication Much more than a primer or scene-setter for the human remains, [ this] is a great asset and a superb volume supported by high production values and lavish illustrations. The book evokes 500 years of settlement development and forms a contextualised basis for understanding the dynamic interplay between the dead and the living. [ It] thus makes a highly important contribution to our understanding of Scottish and British later prehistory. * Antiquity * It is one of those rare archaeological sites that transform the mundanity of everyday domestic life into something very much extraordinary, generating fascination from academic and lay audiences alike. So, it should come as no surprise that we feel [ this volume] on the Bronze Age and Iron Age roundhouses at Cladh Hallan, which are presented in full alongside the buried human remains associated with them, should be very well received by archaeologists and all those interested in the later prehistoric archaeology of Britain The monograph is also incredibly well illustrated with 575 figures, over 280 of which are in colour While this volume will immediately appeal to people interested in later prehistoric settlement in Britain, anyone wanting to see a slightly different take on the printed archaeological monograph should also have a look between its covers. * Archaeological Journal *