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The Lands of Ancient Lothian: Interpreting the Archaeology of the A1
Keywords:
Microliths, Human remains, Mortuary structures, Cist, Cairn, Midden
Location(s):
Lothian, Scotland, UK
Period(s):
Mesolithic; Neolithic; Bronze Age; Roman; Iron Age
Synopsis
The upgrading of part of the A1 road in south-east Scotland prompted the excavation of eleven archaeological sites. These spanned a period of 5,000 years from the early fourth millennium BC to the early fifth century AD. This volume draws together the results of the excavations and presents the story of human endeavour in the changing landscapes of ancient Lothian. In spite of the chronological range and diversity of the archaeology, evidence has emerged from the excavations for common threads across the millennia: long-held concerns with sustaining life through farming, the symbolic potency of certain objects, and the enduring perceived significance of certain places in the landscape.
Chapters
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Front matter
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Chapter 1 | Routes to East Lothian's past
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Chapter 2 | A burning desire to buildExcavations at Eweford West and Pencraig Hill (3950–3190 BC)
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Chapter 3 | Tracing timeExcavations at Knowes and Eweford East (3370–3190 BC)
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Chapter 4 | Everything in its placeExcavations at Eweford West, Overhailes, Pencraig Wood and Eweford Cottages (3300–1700 BC)
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Chapter 5 | The uses of bones and beadsExcavations at Eweford West and Pencraig Wood (2000–1120 BC)
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Chapter 6 | Emerging communitiesExcavations at Howmuir, Eweford Cottages, Biel Water, South Belto and Thistly Cross, with features from Pencraig Hill and Eweford West (1910 BC – AD 340)
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Chapter 7 | Everyday life on a Lothian farmExcavations at Phantassie (210 BC – AD 340)
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Chapter 8 | Moving landscapes from sea to hill, c. 8500–3500 BC
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Chapter 9 | Changes in dwelling, people and place, c. 3500–1000 BC
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Chapter 10 | Tapestries of life in late prehistoric Lothian, c. 1000 BC – AD 400
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Chapter 11 | Lothian lives in the long term
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Chapter 12 | Bridge to the A1 Archive
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Bibliography
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Index
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Published
May 14, 2024
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Copyright (c) 2024 Olivia Lelong, Gavin MacGregor (Author); Lorna Innes, Kirsteen McLellan, Ingrid Shearer, Eland Stuart, Paul Duffy, Andrew Heald, Fraser Hunter, Jo MacKenzie, Dawn McLaren, Ann MacSween, Nicholas Marquez-Grant, Jennifer Miller, Amelia Pannett, Susan Ramsay, Alan Saville, Alison Sheridan, Ian Simpson, Catherine Smith, Colin Wallace (Contributor)
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
