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Mesolithic sedentism on Oronsay: chronological evidence from adjacent islands in the southern Hebrides
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2015
Abstract
Research on the Mesolithic in the west of Scotland has been gathering momentum since the 1980s. Here, Steven Mithen analyses dates for near-by islands and proposes possible settlement models for the Mesolithic.
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