{"product_id":"orcadia-land-sea-and-stone-in-neolithic-orkney-by-mark-edmonds","title":"'Orcadia: Land, Sea and Stone in Neolithic Orkney' by Mark Edmonds","description":"\u003ch4\u003eOrkney contains some of Europe’s best-preserved Neolithic archaeology: stone villages, chambered tombs, ceremonial buildings and monuments constructed between the early fourth and late third millennia BCE.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMark Edmonds places sites such as Skara Brae, Maeshowe, the Ring of Brodgar and the Ness of Brodgar back inside the landscape that produced them, tracing the movement of people, livestock, stone and stories between islands connected to Britain, Ireland and continental Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHouses echo tombs; stone quarried from different parts of the archipelago binds monuments to particular places; hearths, tools and food remains reveal domestic life alongside ceremony, exchange and hierarchy. He also follows the long afterlife of these sites through Norse renaming, antiquarian excavation, agricultural damage and modern archaeology. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eApollo paperback, 2021. Very good condition with light shelf wear.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45723047100499,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/thebowerbooker-2026-06-21T184446.984.png?v=1782031502","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/orcadia-land-sea-and-stone-in-neolithic-orkney-by-mark-edmonds","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}