Caroline Wickham-Jones Livres

Caroline Wickham-Jones provides a highly readable and informative overview of Orkney's archaeological heritage, illustrated with beautiful photography.

Wickham-Jones takes us to humps and bumps and piles of stone - the ordinary sites which explorers of the countryside come across every day. After reading this book a walk in the countryside will never be the same again.

This newly revised book is designed to provide a comprehensive guide for those who visit Orkney and would like to know more about its enigmatic history.

Comprehensive introduction to the effects of sea-level change on prehistoric landscapes and the techniques and methods of interpretation applicable to the study of submerged archaeology illustrated by case studies.

Orkney-based archaeologist Caroline Wickham-Jones explores more than 60 of Orkney's monuments in concise and accessible terms, set in context by a brief history of the islands.