Table of Contents

ABSTRACT   CHAPTER 1: SCENES AND SETTINGS   CHAPTER 2: APPROACHING THE LANDSCAPE   CHAPTER 3: BAY OF SKAILL   CHAPTER 4: NORTH OF BOOKAN   CHAPTER 5: BOOKAN TO BRODGAR   CHAPTER 6:  STENNESS TO MAESHOWE   CHAPTER 7:  TAPESTRIES AND THREADS   BIBLIOGRAPHY   APPENDIX A1.1 Field-survey Methodology 1.1.1 Gradiometer Surve 1.1.2 Earth Resistance Survey 1.1.3 Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey 1.1.4 Electrical Imaging Tomography (ERT) A1.2 Data Processing 1.2.1 Gradiometer Data 1.2.2 Earth Resistance Data 1.2.3 ERT A1.3 Data Display 1.3.1 Gradiometer Survey 1.3.2 Earth Resistance Survey 1.3.3 GPR Survey

About the Author

Amanda Brend works as a Project Officer for Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology and is studying for a PhD at Glasgow University. Nick Card has been a lecturer at several universities in the UK and USA. He currently teaches for the University of the Highlands & Islands (UHI). Since the inscription of Orkney's World Heritage Site (WHS), the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, he has directed a series of excavations including at the Ness of Brodgar. Jane Downes is Director of the Archaeological Institute of the University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland. She has a PhD in the study of Bronze Age burial practices in Orkney from Sheffield University. Her research interests are in burial archaeology, particularly cremation, and in prehistoric and landscape archaeology. She also has research interests in the management and sustainable development of landscape and cultural heritage resources, and has involvement in the research of several World Heritage Sites in connection with this. Mark Edmonds teaches for the UHI having recently retired as a lecturer in archaeology at York. He specialises in flint artefacts and prehistoric landscapes. James Moore also teaches for UHI and specialises in geophysical survey. He hols a PhD in Landscape and Society in Orkney during the First Millenium BC from UHI.

Reviews

This lavishly illustrated book gets to the heart of what a total Neolithic landscape is, exposing through various non-intrusive surveys, through targeted excavation, and thoughtful synthesis the complexities of later prehistoric island life. Supported by excellent mapping, geophysics plans, and atmospheric photography, this book makes an important statement on the way non-intrusive methods should be employed in one of Europe’s most archaeologically sensitive areas.
*Current Archaeology*