Author: Olivia Lelong
Publisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1785703447
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
During the late 1st millennium BC into the early 1st millennium AD, the small island of Unst in the far north of the Shetland (and British) Isles was home to well-established and connected farming and fishing communities. The Iron Age settlement at Milla Skerra was occupied for at least 500 years before it was covered with storm-blown sand and abandoned. Although part of it had been lost to the sea, excavation revealed many details of the life of the settlement and how it was reused over many generations. From the middle of the 1st millennium BC people were constructing stone-walled yards and filling them with hearth waste and midden material. Later inhabitants built a house on top, with a paved floor and successive hearths, and more domestic rubbish accumulated inside it. Outside were new yards and workshops for crafts and metalworking, which were remodelled several times. The buildings fell into disrepair and became a dumping ground for domestic waste until the 2nd or 3rd century AD, when sand buried the settlement. Within a few generations, a man was buried beside the ruins along with some striking objects. Thousands of artefacts and environmental remains from Milla Skerra reveal the everyday practices and seasonal rhythms of the people that lived in this windswept and remote island settlement and their connections to both land and sea.
Excavations at Milla Skerra Sandwick, Unst
Author: Olivia Lelong
Publisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1785703447
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
During the late 1st millennium BC into the early 1st millennium AD, the small island of Unst in the far north of the Shetland (and British) Isles was home to well-established and connected farming and fishing communities. The Iron Age settlement at Milla Skerra was occupied for at least 500 years before it was covered with storm-blown sand and abandoned. Although part of it had been lost to the sea, excavation revealed many details of the life of the settlement and how it was reused over many generations. From the middle of the 1st millennium BC people were constructing stone-walled yards and filling them with hearth waste and midden material. Later inhabitants built a house on top, with a paved floor and successive hearths, and more domestic rubbish accumulated inside it. Outside were new yards and workshops for crafts and metalworking, which were remodelled several times. The buildings fell into disrepair and became a dumping ground for domestic waste until the 2nd or 3rd century AD, when sand buried the settlement. Within a few generations, a man was buried beside the ruins along with some striking objects. Thousands of artefacts and environmental remains from Milla Skerra reveal the everyday practices and seasonal rhythms of the people that lived in this windswept and remote island settlement and their connections to both land and sea.
Publisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1785703447
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
During the late 1st millennium BC into the early 1st millennium AD, the small island of Unst in the far north of the Shetland (and British) Isles was home to well-established and connected farming and fishing communities. The Iron Age settlement at Milla Skerra was occupied for at least 500 years before it was covered with storm-blown sand and abandoned. Although part of it had been lost to the sea, excavation revealed many details of the life of the settlement and how it was reused over many generations. From the middle of the 1st millennium BC people were constructing stone-walled yards and filling them with hearth waste and midden material. Later inhabitants built a house on top, with a paved floor and successive hearths, and more domestic rubbish accumulated inside it. Outside were new yards and workshops for crafts and metalworking, which were remodelled several times. The buildings fell into disrepair and became a dumping ground for domestic waste until the 2nd or 3rd century AD, when sand buried the settlement. Within a few generations, a man was buried beside the ruins along with some striking objects. Thousands of artefacts and environmental remains from Milla Skerra reveal the everyday practices and seasonal rhythms of the people that lived in this windswept and remote island settlement and their connections to both land and sea.
American Coastguards, UNST & The B.P. Oily Blacks (1978)
Author: Dave Husband
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN: 1035851075
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
A few stories encountered mainly in the 21st century as a result of working on construction sites. Humour, still having to deal with the good, the bad, and the nasty! 2018 saw the demise of one of the biggest players: Carillion. How many companies went into receivership like my old company? How many others in the 21st century? Was the philosophy Carillion followed replicated by the Post Office? In 2023, in his autumn statement, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt highlighted receiving payment times by the big companies. I can remember those immortal words: ‘spell redundant’, ‘P45, boss’. The American eagles were just laid off! Subcontractors are worth more dead than alive.
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN: 1035851075
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
A few stories encountered mainly in the 21st century as a result of working on construction sites. Humour, still having to deal with the good, the bad, and the nasty! 2018 saw the demise of one of the biggest players: Carillion. How many companies went into receivership like my old company? How many others in the 21st century? Was the philosophy Carillion followed replicated by the Post Office? In 2023, in his autumn statement, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt highlighted receiving payment times by the big companies. I can remember those immortal words: ‘spell redundant’, ‘P45, boss’. The American eagles were just laid off! Subcontractors are worth more dead than alive.
Transactions and Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh
Author: Botanical Society (Edinburgh)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Transactions of the Botanical Society
Author: Botanical Society of Edinburgh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Transactions and Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh
Author: Botanical Society of Edinburgh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Vol. 25: The distribution of Hepaticæ in Scotland, by S.M. Macvicar.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Vol. 25: The distribution of Hepaticæ in Scotland, by S.M. Macvicar.
BOTANICAL SOCIETY
P. R. Pamphlet
Author: Proportional Representation Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Proportional representation
Languages : en
Pages : 1168
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Proportional representation
Languages : en
Pages : 1168
Book Description
Breaking the myth: Breeding for stress tolerance, grain yield, and quality traits simultaneously by diversifying the narrow genetic base
Author: Karansher Singh Sandhu
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2832529615
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 657
Book Description
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2832529615
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 657
Book Description
Orkney and Shetland Miscellany
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Caithness (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Caithness (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Old-lore Miscellany of Orkney, Shetland, Caithness, and Sutherland
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Caithness (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Caithness (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description