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Land Movements in Scotland in Prehistoric and Recent times

J Graham Callander (Author)

Keywords:
Midden

Period(s):
Prehistoric

Abstract

The discovery of a tree trunk laid on a midden deposit and associated with worked red deer antler on the banks of the river Avon led to a review of land movement within Scotland. The archaeological evidence points to a combination of raising and lowering of levels over time.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.063.314.322

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30-11-1929

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Callander, J. G. (1929). Land Movements in Scotland in Prehistoric and Recent times. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 63, 314–322. https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.063.314.322

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