Orcadia: Land, Sea and Stone in Neolithic Orkney - Hardcover

Edmonds, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1788543440 ISBN 13: 9781788543446

Publisher: Head of Zeus, 2020

Synopsis

The Orkney archipelago is home to a remarkable array of prehistoric sites – most notably the Ring of Brodgar, the Stones of Stenness, the passage grave of Maeshowe and the village of Skara Brae – evidence of a dynamic Late Neolithic society with connections binding Orkney to Ireland, to southern Britain and to the western margins of Continental Europe.

Despite 150 years of archaeological investigation, however, there is much that we do not know about the societies that created these sites. What historical background did they emerge from? What social and political interests did their monuments serve? And what was the nature of the connections between Neolithic societies in Orkney and elsewhere?

Following a broadly chronological narrative, and highlighting different lines of evidence as they unfold, Mark Edmonds traces the development of the Orcadian Neolithic from its beginnings in the early 4th millennium through to the end of the period nearly two thousand years later. Combining accessible text and high-quality images, he uses artefacts, architecture and the wider landscape to recreate the lives of Neolithic communities across the region.

About this edition

• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1788543440
• ISBN 13: 9781788543446
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352