Between Land and Sea: Excavations at Dun Vulan, South Uist

ISBN-10: 1850758808
ISBN-13: 9781850758808
Series: Between Land and Sea
Pages: 379
Language: English
Published: 1999
Publisher: Sheffield Academic
Authors: Michael Parker Pearson, Helen Smith, Jacqui Mulville

Description

Prehistoric stone towers known as brochs are found only in Scotland. Excavations at the broch of Dun Vulan on the island of South Uist have revealed new details of how the Iron Age inhabitants constructed and used these monumental buildings. The innovative integration of scientific and environmental analyses of the broch's interior and its associated settlement contributes to a new understanding of Iron Age cosmology and domestic practice. This book demonstrates how current issues in archaeological theory can be addressed directly through excavation and archaeological science.