Seascapes and landscapes in Orkney and northern Scotland

World Archaeology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 371-384

  Phillips, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chambered cairns; Neolithic; Northern Scotland; Orkney; Sea levels

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE; MONUMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ORKNEY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1842683907     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0043824042000185775     Document Type: Article

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