Brophy, K. and Millican, K. (2015) Wood and fire: Scotland’s timber cursus monuments. Archaeological Journal, 172(2), pp. 1-28. (doi: 10.1080/00665983.2015.1025589)
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Abstract
This paper offers the first comprehensive overview of Scotland’s early Neolithic timber cursus monuments. This small group of sites has, in recent years, been viewed as a significant element of the early Neolithic repertoire in northern Britain, and forerunner to the later earthwork cursus monuments found across the British Isles; but as yet their treatment has been at a largely superficial level. The article draws together the evidence from excavations, cropmarks and the authors’ own fieldwork. As well as describing the monuments, the study also offers a new interpretation of the construction, role and destruction of these monuments within the context of the woodland world of lowland Scotland in the first half of the fourth millennium BC.
| Item Type: | Articles (Other) |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Millican, Dr Kirsty and Brophy, Dr Kenny |
| Authors: | Brophy, K., and Millican, K. |
| Subjects: | C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Archaeology |
| Journal Name: | Archaeological Journal |
| Publisher: | Routledge |
| ISSN: | 0066-5983 |
| ISSN (Online): | 2373-2288 |
| Published Online: | 14 April 2015 |
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