Neolithic settlement at the woodland's edge: palynological data and timber architecture in Orkney, Scotland
(2012)
Journal Article
Farrell, M., Bunting, M. J., Lee, D. H. J., & Thomas, A. (2014). Neolithic settlement at the woodland's edge: palynological data and timber architecture in Orkney, Scotland. Journal of archaeological science, 51, 225-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2012.05.042
It has often been assumed that the islands of Orkney were essentially treeless throughout much of the Holocene, with any ‘scrub’ woodland having been destroyed by Neolithic farming communities by around 3500 cal. BC. This apparently open, hyper-ocean... Read More about Neolithic settlement at the woodland's edge: palynological data and timber architecture in Orkney, Scotland.