entity · region_bi_highlands_islands
Scottish Highlands and islands archaeological search region
Modern search frame for the Highlands, Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1600 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: broad archaeological range
- informs · defines or contextualizes
Evidence for mummification in Bronze Age Britain — Mike Parker Pearson, Andrew Chamberlain, Oliver Craig, Peter Marshall, Jacqui Mulville, Helen Smith, Carol Chenery, Matthew Collins, Gordon Cook, Geoffrey Craig, John Evans, Jennifer Hiller, Janet Montgomery, Jean Schwenninger, Gillian Taylor, Tim Wess, Tamsin Williams (2005)Reports the unusual composite and curated human remains from Cladh Hallan and evaluates mummification.
Locator: Abstract; scientific methods; discussion and conclusion - informs · defines or contextualizes
Links of Noltland prehistoric settlement — Historic Environment ScotlandSummarises the long-lived settlement sequence, environmental evidence and major Bronze Age component at Links of Noltland.
Locator: Project summary; Bronze Age settlement and chronology sections - informs · defines or contextualizes
Jarlshof prehistoric and Norse settlement — Historic Environment ScotlandRecords the multi-period Jarlshof settlement, including late prehistoric houses and metalworking evidence around the Bronze to Iron Age boundary.
Locator: Site summary, prehistoric phases, bibliography and location
Research description
Groups island and highland sequences for comparison while retaining local chronologies. It does not imply a common people, language or polity.
Evidence and sources
- supports · defines or contextualizes
Evidence for mummification in Bronze Age Britain — Mike Parker Pearson, Andrew Chamberlain, Oliver Craig, Peter Marshall, Jacqui Mulville, Helen Smith, Carol Chenery, Matthew Collins, Gordon Cook, Geoffrey Craig, John Evans, Jennifer Hiller, Janet Montgomery, Jean Schwenninger, Gillian Taylor, Tim Wess, Tamsin Williams (2005)Reports the unusual composite and curated human remains from Cladh Hallan and evaluates mummification.
Locator: Abstract; scientific methods; discussion and conclusion - supports · defines or contextualizes
Links of Noltland prehistoric settlement — Historic Environment ScotlandSummarises the long-lived settlement sequence, environmental evidence and major Bronze Age component at Links of Noltland.
Locator: Project summary; Bronze Age settlement and chronology sections - supports · defines or contextualizes
Jarlshof prehistoric and Norse settlement — Historic Environment ScotlandRecords the multi-period Jarlshof settlement, including late prehistoric houses and metalworking evidence around the Bronze to Iron Age boundary.
Locator: Site summary, prehistoric phases, bibliography and location