The Atlantic Scottish Iron Age
Five levels of chronology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11008428 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ian Armit (0000-0001-8669-3810, University of Edinburgh, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 121 |
| Pages | 181-214 |
| Publication date | 1992-11-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0081-1564 • E-ISSN: 2056-743X |
| Publisher | Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.9750/psas.121.181.214 |
| OpenAlex | W2988762874 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 11 |
Five forms of evidence are currently relevant to the archaeology of the Atlantic Scottish Iron Age. These are defined and evaluated to construct a sequence of structural and artefactual development. It is argued that a lack of clarity on the evaluation of dating methods is responsible for much of the confusion in the literature. Alternative chronologies to that constructed here are valid, but must be explicit on their evaluation of the dating evidence and on the weighting and primacy of dating levels. The terminology of the `Atlantic roundhouse' is introduced as a framework which enables conventional structural typologies to be more effectively analysed. Within the extended chronology and using the new terminology as a descriptive device, developments can be traced which offer new perspectives on the settlement sequence and undermine the unilinear models of the Atlantic Scottish Iron Age. Differences in development between the Northern and Western Isles are already becoming apparent. 14C dates for the Atlantic Scottish Iron Age are listed and critically discussed in an appendix
Archaeology · Chronology · CLARITY · Confusion · Geography · Iron Age · Linguistics · Sequence (biology · Settlement (finance · Terminology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Computer Science · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts · Psychology
Iron Age Scotland
The Inherited Past of the Broch
Excavations on the site of a late Iron Age roundhouse and souterrain, Glen Cloy, Brodick, Isle of Arran
Paradigms, Assumptions, Enclosure, and Violence
The use of bone and antler at Foshigarry and Bac Mhic Connain, two Iron Age sites on North Uist, Western Isles
Intermittent occupation and forced abandonment
New aspects of rotary querns in Scotland
Time and place
Continuity Over Three Thousand Years of Northern Prehistory
Anthrosols in Iron Age Shetland
The integration of chronological and archaeological information to date building construction
Advances in archaeomagnetic dating in Britain
The Broch Cultures of Atlantic Scotland
Redefining the Northern British Iron Age
Towards a new understanding of Iron Age Caithness
Archaeological survey of the Bhaltos (Valtos) peninsula, Lewis
Excavations at Dun Ardtreck, Skye, in 1964 and 1965
Excavation of an Iron Age, Early Historic and medieval settlement and metalworking site at Eilean Olabhat, North Uist
Dun Fhinn, Islay
The excavation of a square-ditched barrow and other cropmarks at Boysack Mills, Inverkeilor, Angus
The excavation of a succession of prehistoric round-houses at Cnoc Stanger, Reay, Caithness, Highland, 1981-2
Island Dwellings at 60° North
The raw, the cooked and the burnt
Cille Donnain Revisited
A Short History of Archaeology in the Uists, Outer Hebrides
Re-Engaging with the Iron Age Landscapes of the Outer Hebrides
Brochs and Iron Age society
Interim report on the structures at Howe, Stromness, Orkney
Excavation of an Earth-house at Foshigarry, and a Fort, Dun Thomaidh, in North Uist
Excavations of Iron-Age dwellings on the Calf of Eday in Orkney
A hut-circle settlement at Kilphedir, Sutherland
Excavations at Pierowall Quarry, Westray, Orkney
Excavations at Dun Cuier, Isle of Barra, Outer Hebrides
Brochs and the Roman occupation of lowland Scotland
Excavations at Kilpheder, South Uist, and the problem of Brochs and Wheel-houses
The Origin and Development of the Broch and Wheelhouse Building Cultures of the Scottish Iron Age
High-Precision Calibration of the Radiocarbon Time Scale, AD 1950–500 BC
Broch building in northern Scotland
| Unique citing works | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.87 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2022 (28) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 26 |