The colonization of the Hebridean Islands of Western Scotland
Evidence from the palynological and archaeological records
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3919867 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin J Edwards (0000-0002-7205-066X, University of Sheffield), Steven Mithen (0000-0002-3391-7443, University of Reading) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 348-365 |
| Publication date | 1995-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438243.1995.9980281 |
| OpenAlex | W2023478464 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 30 |
The earliest known settlement in Scotland is Kinloch, on the Inner Hebridean island of Rhum where deposits date to c. 8500 BP. This presents an anomaly for northern Europe, for in other regions, such as Scandinavia, settlement at a similar latitude is known from a much earlier date. While Mesolithic settlement is likely to have been established across the whole of Scotland by the eighth millennium, attempts to locate earlier settlement are most profitably directed towards the Hebridean Islands due to factors of topography, raw material availability and modern land use. We describe two types of data from the Isle of Islay which suggest that people may have arrived in the Hebrides prior to 9000 BP: possible evidence for disturbance to vegetation at c. 10,000 BP and the discovery of a tanged point, of a type found in Ahrensburgian assemblages from northern Europe, which date between 11,000–10,000 BP
Archaeology · Geography · Mesolithic · Palynology · Pollen · Settlement (finance · Shore · Vegetation (pathology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Ecology · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Oceanography · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
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| Citations per year | 0,53 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2018 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |