The Hebridean World Its Human Ecology Through Time /
The Hebrides has long been seen as an area that, when considered over time, was slow to absorb change. Indeed, from the nineteenth century onwards, it attracted the attention of scholars for being seen as having not just the oldest rocks in Europe but also, some of its oldest cultural practices and...
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Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer,
2024.
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| Edició: | 1st ed. 2024. |
| Col·lecció: | Historical Geography and Geosciences,
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| Accés en línia: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70871-8 |
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Taula de continguts:
- The Hebrides: Their Physical Endowment and Its Challenges
- How the Earliest Human Communities Adapted to their Setting
- A Fusion of Cultures: the Picts, Scots and Vikings
- How Land was Occupied Before Crofting
- How Land was Farmed before Crofting
- Landscapes of Summer: the Shielings
- The Inter Tidal and Beyond: the Harvest of Sea and Shore
- The Harvesting and Processing of Grain
- Survival on the Margins
- Crofting: An Uncompromising Adaptation
- The Clearances for Sheep and Deer
- Hebridean Housing and Settlement
- Epilogue.