Across Iron Age Europe the human head carried symbolic associations with power, fertility status, gender, and more. Evidence for the removal, curation, and display of heads ranges from classical literary references to iconography and skeletal remains. Traditionally, this material has been associated with a Europe-wide "head-cult," and used to support the idea of a unified Celtic culture in prehistory. This book demonstrates instead how headhunting and head-veneration were practised across a range of diverse and fragmented Iron Age societies. Using case studies from France, Britain, and elsewhere, it explores the complex and subtle relationships between power, religion, warfare, and violence in Iron Age Europe.

Headhunting and the Body in Iron Age Europe

Politics & Social Sciences

Armit, Ian

Archaeology

Cambridge University Press

From the Callanish stones and the great ritual monuments of the Neolithic, the broch towers and the wheelhouses of the Iron Age, through to the arrival of the Norse and the Lords of the Isles, this book explores the history of human settlement and society from the first hunter-gatherers to the Clearances. What emerges is a Hebridean archaeology as distinctive as those of Orkney and Wessex.

The Archaeology of Skye and the Western Isles

History

Ancient Civilizations

Edinburgh University Press

From the Callanish stones and the great ritual monuments of the Neolithic, the broch towers and the wheelhouses of the Iron Age, through to the arrival of the Norse and the Lords of the Isles, this book explores the history of human settlement and society from the first hunter-gatherers to the Clearances. What emerges is a Hebridean archaeology as distinctive as those of Orkney and Wessex.

Scotland's Hidden History

People have lived in Scotland for at least 10,000 years. Yet history books rarely feature the first 9,000 years. This book explores the full history of Scotland by looking at 100 of the most exciting monuments from the Neolithic age to the Vikings'

Europe

Tempus Pub Ltd

This book describes the current state of our knowledge of the Brochs in Scotland—the most remarkable prehistoric buildings in Europe—and explores the controversies over their origins and functions. The author also provides an annotated list of the most accessible and well-preserved Broch sites today.

Towers in the North (Revealing History (Paperback))

The History Press

The spectacular Bronze Age remains on Orkney, the imposing Iron Age hill forts and brochs, the Antonine Wall built by the Romans—these are but a few of the best-known surviving monuments in which Scotland is so rich. This updated edition of Ian Armit’s classic guide to Scotland’s archaeological heritage is complete with detailed instructions as to how to access every major site.

Tempus

This authoritative and beautifully illustrated book is aimed at the general reader who wants to know about the mysterious people who inhabited Scotland from the Bronze Age onwards. They created wonderful works of art in gold and silver and their brochs and hillforts are scattered over the Scottish landscape. Many modern-day Scots are descended from them. Using the results of modern archaeology and historical sources, Ian Armit answers the key questions about who the Celts were, where they came from, their relationship with other Celtic tribes throughout Europe, their customs and beliefs and their daily life. It is a fascinating story told with flair and clarity by one of Britain’s leading experts on the Celts.

Celtic Scotland

Birlinn

The past few years have seen an upsurge in the numbers of known Neolithic settlements in Ireland. Many of these sites have been excavated by archaeologists based in field units, but few are well-known to the wider archaeological community. The papers in this volume, which were presented at a conference held at Queen's University Belfast in 2001, provided a forum for a discussion of the new Neolithic material from Ireland in its wider geographical context. Although the bulk of the emerging Irish settlement evidence relates to substantial houses, many of these papers consider wider themes, including issues of contact and communication along the sea routes and coastal margins of northwest Europe, questions of diversity and regional patterns of sedentism and mobility, and variations in regional food production strategies. The volume includes twenty-six papers representing a series of studies ranging geographically from Orkney to the French Atlantic facade. Contents: Introduction ( Ian Armit, Eileen Murphy, Eiméar Nelis and Derek Simpson ); French Connections I: Spreading the marmites thinly ( Alison Sheridan ); French Connections II: Of cows and men ( Anne Tresset ); Contemplating some awful(ly interesting) vistas: Importing cattle and red deer into prehistoric Ireland ( Peter Woodman and Margaret McCarthy ); Terminology, time and space: Labels, radiocarbon chronologies and a 'Neolithic' of small worlds ( Patrick Ashmore ); Rooted or routed? Landscapes of Neolithic settlement in Ireland ( Gabriel Cooney ); The early farming settlement of south western England in the Neolithic ( Roger Mercer ); Neolithic settlement in the lowlands of Scotland: A preliminary survey ( Gordon Barclay ); Once upon a time Skara Brae was unique ( David Clarke ); The Drowners: Permanence and transience in the Hebridean Neolithic ( Ian Armit ); Neolithic Northton: A review of the evidence ( Eileen Murphy and Derek Simpson ); Billown and the Neolithic of the Isle of Man ( Timothy Darvill ); The Early Neolithic and the Manx environment ( Peter J Davey and Jim B Innes ); Rheast Buigh, Patrick: Middle Neolithic exploitation of the Manx uplands? ( Peter J Davey and Jenny Woodcock ); What do we mean by Neolithic settlement? Some approaches, 10 years on ( Alex Gibson ). The Irish 'house boom'. Irish Neolithic houses ( Ian Armit, Eileen Murphy, Eiméar Nelis and Derek Simpson ); Excavations at Thornhill, Co. Londonderry ( Paul Logue ); Neolithic houses in Ballyharry townland, Islandmagee, Co. Antrim ( Dermot G Moore ); Neolithic structure at Drummenny Lower, Co. Donegal: An environmental perspective ( Cathy Dunne ); The excavation of a Neolithic house at Enagh townland, Co. Derry ( Cormac McSparran ); Archaeological excavations of a Neolithic settlement at Coolfore, Co. Louth ( Cóilín O Drisceoil ); A Neolithic house in Cloghers, Co. Kerry ( Jacinta Kiely ); Neolithic beginnings on Roughan Hill and the Burren ( Carleton Jones ). Irish Neolithic settlement architecture: A reappraisal ( Sarah Cross ); Donegore and Lyles Hill, Neolithic enclosed sites in Co. Antrim: The lithic assemblages ( Eiméar Nelis ); Neolithic expectations ( Richard Bradley ). Table of Contents Introduction (Ian Armit, Eileen Murphy, Eiméar Nelis and Derek Simpson) French Connections I: Spreading the marmites thinly (Alison Sheridan) French Connections II: Of cows and men (Anne Tresset) Contemplating some awful(ly interesting) vistas: Importing cattle and red deer into prehistoric Ireland (Peter Woodman and Margaret McCarthy) Terminology, time and space: Labels, radiocarbon chronologies and a 'Neolithic' of small worlds (Patrick Ashmore) Rooted or routed? Landscapes of Neolithic settlement in Ireland (Gabriel Cooney) The early farming settlement of south western England in the Neolithic (Roger Mercer) Neolithic settlement in the lowlands of Scotland: A preliminary survey (Gordon Barclay) Once upon a time Skara Brae was unique (David Clarke) The Drowners: Permanence and transience in the Hebridean Neolithic (Ian Armit) Neolithic Northton: A review of the evidence (Eileen Murphy and Derek Simpson) Billown and the Neolithic of the Isle of Man (Timothy Darvill) The Early Neolithic and the Manx environment (Peter J Davey and Jim B Innes) Rheast Buigh, Patrick: Middle Neolithic exploitation of the Manx uplands? (Peter J Davey and Jenny Woodcock) What do we mean by Neolithic settlement? Some approaches, 10 years on (Alex Gibson) The Irish 'house boom'. Irish Neolithic houses (Ian Armit, Eileen Murphy, Eiméar Nelis and Derek Simpson) Excavations at Thornhill, Co. Londonderry (Paul Logue) Neolithic houses in Ballyharry townland, Islandmagee, Co. Antrim (Dermot G Moore) Neolithic structure at Drummenny Lower, Co. Donegal: An environmental perspective (Cathy Dunne) The excavation of a Neolithic house at Enagh townland, Co. Derry (Cormac McSparran) Archaeological excavations of a Neolithic settlement at Coolfore, Co. Louth (Cóilín O Drisceoil) A Neolithic house in Cloghers, Co. Kerry (Jacinta Kiely) Neolithic beginnings on Roughan Hill and the Burren (Carleton Jones) Irish Neolithic settlement architecture: A reappraisal (Sarah Cross) Donegore and Lyles Hill, Neolithic enclosed sites in Co. Antrim: The lithic assemblages (Eiméar Nelis) Neolithic expectations (Richard Bradley)

Neolithic Settlement in Ireland and Western Britain

Murphy, Eileen M.

Nelis, Eiméar

Simpson, Derek

Oxbow Books

The past few years have seen an upsurge in the numbers of known Neolithic settlements in Ireland. Many of these sites have been excavated by archaeologists based in field units, but few are well-known to the wider archaeological community. The papers in this volume, which were presented at a conference held at Queen's University Belfast in 2001, provided a forum for a discussion of the new Neolithic material from Ireland in its wider geographical context. Although the bulk of the emerging Irish settlement evidence relates to substantial houses, many of these papers consider wider themes, including issues of contact and communication along the sea routes and coastal margins of northwest Europe, questions of diversity and regional patterns of sedentism and mobility, and variations in regional food production strategies. The volume includes twenty-six papers representing a series of studies ranging geographically from Orkney to the French Atlantic facade. Contents: Introduction ( Ian Armit, Eileen Murphy, Eiméar Nelis and Derek Simpson ); French Connections I: Spreading the marmites thinly ( Alison Sheridan ); French Connections II: Of cows and men ( Anne Tresset ); Contemplating some awful(ly interesting) vistas: Importing cattle and red deer into prehistoric Ireland ( Peter Woodman and Margaret McCarthy ); Terminology, time and space: Labels, radiocarbon chronologies and a 'Neolithic' of small worlds ( Patrick Ashmore ); Rooted or routed? Landscapes of Neolithic settlement in Ireland ( Gabriel Cooney ); The early farming settlement of south western England in the Neolithic ( Roger Mercer ); Neolithic settlement in the lowlands of Scotland: A preliminary survey ( Gordon Barclay ); Once upon a time Skara Brae was unique ( David Clarke ); The Drowners: Permanence and transience in the Hebridean Neolithic ( Ian Armit ); Neolithic Northton: A review of the evidence ( Eileen Murphy and Derek Simpson ); Billown and the Neolithic of the Isle of Man ( Timothy Darvill ); The Early Neolithic and the Manx environment ( Peter J Davey and Jim B Innes ); Rheast Buigh, Patrick: Middle Neolithic exploitation of the Manx uplands? ( Peter J Davey and Jenny Woodcock ); What do we mean by Neolithic settlement? Some approaches, 10 years on ( Alex Gibson ). The Irish 'house boom'. Irish Neolithic houses ( Ian Armit, Eileen Murphy, Eiméar Nelis and Derek Simpson ); Excavations at Thornhill, Co. Londonderry ( Paul Logue ); Neolithic houses in Ballyharry townland, Islandmagee, Co. Antrim ( Dermot G Moore ); Neolithic structure at Drummenny Lower, Co. Donegal: An environmental perspective ( Cathy Dunne ); The excavation of a Neolithic house at Enagh townland, Co. Derry ( Cormac McSparran ); Archaeological excavations of a Neolithic settlement at Coolfore, Co. Louth ( Cóilín O Drisceoil ); A Neolithic house in Cloghers, Co. Kerry ( Jacinta Kiely ); Neolithic beginnings on Roughan Hill and the Burren ( Carleton Jones ). Irish Neolithic settlement architecture: A reappraisal ( Sarah Cross ); Donegore and Lyles Hill, Neolithic enclosed sites in Co. Antrim: The lithic assemblages ( Eiméar Nelis ); Neolithic expectations ( Richard Bradley ).Table of ContentsIntroduction (Ian Armit, Eileen Murphy, Eiméar Nelis and Derek Simpson) French Connections I: Spreading the marmites thinly (Alison Sheridan) French Connections II: Of cows and men (Anne Tresset) Contemplating some awful(ly interesting) vistas: Importing cattle and red deer into prehistoric Ireland (Peter Woodman and Margaret McCarthy) Terminology, time and space: Labels, radiocarbon chronologies and a 'Neolithic' of small worlds (Patrick Ashmore) Rooted or routed? Landscapes of Neolithic settlement in Ireland (Gabriel Cooney) The early farming settlement of south western England in the Neolithic (Roger Mercer) Neolithic settlement in the lowlands of Scotland: A preliminary survey (Gordon Barclay) Once upon a time Skara Brae was unique (David Clarke) The Drowners: Permanence and transience in the Hebridean Neolithic (Ian Armit) Neolithic Northton: A review of the evidence (Eileen Murphy and Derek Simpson) Billown and the Neolithic of the Isle of Man (Timothy Darvill) The Early Neolithic and the Manx environment (Peter J Davey and Jim B Innes) Rheast Buigh, Patrick: Middle Neolithic exploitation of the Manx uplands? (Peter J Davey and Jenny Woodcock) What do we mean by Neolithic settlement? Some approaches, 10 years on (Alex Gibson) The Irish 'house boom'. Irish Neolithic houses (Ian Armit, Eileen Murphy, Eiméar Nelis and Derek Simpson) Excavations at Thornhill, Co. Londonderry (Paul Logue) Neolithic houses in Ballyharry townland, Islandmagee, Co. Antrim (Dermot G Moore) Neolithic structure at Drummenny Lower, Co. Donegal: An environmental perspective (Cathy Dunne) The excavation of a Neolithic house at Enagh townland, Co. Derry (Cormac McSparran) Archaeological excavations of a Neolithic settlement at Coolfore, Co. Louth (Cóilín O Drisceoil) A Neolithic house in Cloghers, Co. Kerry (Jacinta Kiely) Neolithic beginnings on Roughan Hill and the Burren (Carleton Jones) Irish Neolithic settlement architecture: A reappraisal (Sarah Cross) Donegore and Lyles Hill, Neolithic enclosed sites in Co. Antrim: The lithic assemblages (Eiméar Nelis) Neolithic expectations (Richard Bradley)

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Headhunting and the Body in Iron Age Europe

The Archaeology of Skye and the Western Isles

The Archaeology of Skye and the Western Isles

Scotland's Hidden History

Scotland's Hidden History

Towers in the North (Revealing History (Paperback))

Scotland's Hidden History

Celtic Scotland

Neolithic Settlement in Ireland and Western Britain

Neolithic Settlement in Ireland and Western Britain