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dc.contributor.advisorDockrill, Stephen J.
dc.contributor.advisorBond, Julie M.
dc.contributor.advisorMcDonnell, Gerry
dc.contributor.authorLamb, Deborah E.S.*
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-21T16:37:36Z
dc.date.available2012-06-21T16:37:36Z
dc.date.issued2012-06-21
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10454/5445
dc.description.abstractAn area of Shetland is examined in order to identify how Iron Age settlements might have related to each other. The study area contains two brochs. An inter-disciplinary approach is used to identify evidence for other Iron Age settlements and the information is presented as a model illustrating the pattern of settlement at different points during the Iron Age. A distinction is drawn between locations containing field archaeology and locations where occupation is predicted on the basis of evidence such as soil quality or place name. The whole model is then examined in order to identify patterns which may suggest changing relationships between settlements and groups of settlements, and the trends and influences behind these. Next an appraisal is made of the settlements¿ relative status and authority during Shetland¿s Early, Middle and Late Iron Age. By looking at the whole landscape through time - before, during and after the Iron Age ¿ the brochs are set in a wider chronological context which takes into account the changing role that these highly visible monuments may have played as socio-economic focal points in a developing landscape. The outcome reveals complexity. Initially the brochs appear to be a focus of settlement patterns but by the end of the Late Iron Age they are rivalled by a non-broch area which shows signs of heightened Pictish influence. Elsewhere in Shetland at this period there is retrenchment to broch-settlements, raising the question of how far developments in the study area are unique to that location.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />The University of Bradford theses are licenced under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons Licence</a>.eng
dc.subjectArchaeologyen_US
dc.subjectIron Ageen_US
dc.subjectIslandsen_US
dc.subjectLandscapeen_US
dc.subjectLocal factorsen_US
dc.subjectModelen_US
dc.subjectPrimary enginesen_US
dc.subjectResourcesen_US
dc.subjectShetlanden_US
dc.subjectSocial developmenten_US
dc.subjectSettlementsen_US
dc.titleModelling an island landscape in the North Atlantic Iron Age. The interpretation of monuments and resources in order to understand local factors influencing settlement and social organisation.en_US
dc.type.qualificationleveldoctoralen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Bradfordeng
dc.publisher.departmentDivision of Archaeological, Geographical and Environmental Sciencesen_US
dc.typeThesiseng
dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_US
dc.date.awarded2010
refterms.dateFOA2018-07-19T10:59:13Z


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