The physical background

Authors

  • Geoffrey Collins Author
  • William Ritchie Author
  • Ian D Mate Author

Keywords:

Settlement Resource Landscape

Abstract

This chapter considers geology, machair geomorphology in the Western Isles, the agricultural capability of the machair units (the low machair plain, the high machair plain and the dune systems), climate, the physical landscape as a settlement resource, landscape formation, the chronology of machair formation and of peat formation.

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Published

01-01-2003

Issue

Vol. 3 (2003): Bronze Age farms and Iron Age farm mounds of the Outer Hebrides

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How to Cite

“The Physical Background”. 2003. Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports 3 (January): 12-22. https://journals.socantscot.org/index.php/sair/article/view/425.