The Northern Isles.

By: Wainwright, F. T. (Frederick Threlfall) [ed.]Contributor(s): Wainwright, F. T. (Frederick Threlfall) [editor.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in history and archaeologyPublication details: [Edinburgh] Nelson, 1962. Description: xii, 224 p. illus., 23 plates, maps, plans. 24 cmSubject(s): Islands -- Scotland | Scotland -- AntiquitiesGenre/Form: HistoryDDC classification: 941.1 LOC classification: DA878 | .W3
Contents:
Introduction / F. T. Wainwright -- The physical background / A. C. O'Dell -- The earliest inhabitants / V. G. Childe -- Neolithic structures in Shetland / C. S. T. Calder -- The bronze age / V. G. Childe -- Brochs and Broch builders / J. R. C. Hamilton -- Picts and scots / F. T. Wainwright -- The Scandavian settlement / F. T. Wainwright -- Art and architecture: Celtic and Norse / C. A. Ralegh Radford -- The golden age and after / F. T. Wainwright -- Appendix: The St Ninian's isle excavation / F. T. Wainwright.
Summary: Survey of the archaeology and early history of the Orkney and Shetland islands.
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"List of references and abbreviations": p. 195-213.

Introduction / F. T. Wainwright -- The physical background / A. C. O'Dell -- The earliest inhabitants / V. G. Childe -- Neolithic structures in Shetland / C. S. T. Calder -- The bronze age / V. G. Childe -- Brochs and Broch builders / J. R. C. Hamilton -- Picts and scots / F. T. Wainwright -- The Scandavian settlement / F. T. Wainwright -- Art and architecture: Celtic and Norse / C. A. Ralegh Radford -- The golden age and after / F. T. Wainwright -- Appendix: The St Ninian's isle excavation / F. T. Wainwright.

Survey of the archaeology and early history of the Orkney and Shetland islands.