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Geophysical investigation of the Neolithic Calanais landscape

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Date
11/12/2019
Author
Bates, C. Richard
Bates, Martin
Gaffney, Chris
Gaffney, Vincent
Raub, Timothy David
Keywords
Geophysics
Neolithic
Calanais
Stone circle
GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography
QC Physics
QE Geology
NDAS
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Abstract
The northern and western isles of Scotland have proved fertile ground for archaeological investigation over the last 100 years. However, the nature of the landscape with its rugged coastlines and irregular topography, together with rapid peat growth rates, make for challenging surveying. Commonly, an archaeological monument or series of monuments is identified but little is known about the surrounding areas and, in particular, the palaeo-landscapes within which the monuments are located. This situation is exemplified by the standing stones of Calanais in Lewis. Here, surrounding peat bogs have buried a significant portion of the landscape around which the stones were first erected. This project identifies remote sensing geophysical techniques that are effective in mapping the buried (lost) landscape and thus aid better contextualisation of the stone monuments within it. Further, the project demonstrates the most appropriate techniques for prospecting across these buried landscapes for as yet unidentified stone features associated with the lives of the people who constructed the monuments.
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Bates , C R , Bates , M , Gaffney , C , Gaffney , V & Raub , T D 2019 , ' Geophysical investigation of the Neolithic Calanais landscape ' , Remote Sensing , vol. 11 , no. 24 , 2975 . https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11242975
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Remote Sensing
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11242975
ISSN
2072-4292
Type
Journal article
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© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Funding: Scottish Enterprise
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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/19121

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