Life on the Edge: The Neolithic and Bronze Age of Iain Crawford’s Udal, North Uist
The discovery of archaeological structures in North Uist in 1974 after storm damage led to the identification by Iain Crawford of a kerb cairn complex, with a cist and human remains. Six years later he went back, and over the next three years excavated another cist with human remains in its kerbed c...
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Archaeopress Archaeology
2018
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