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DOCUMENT Citation Only Nicholas T Dixon.

There are over 30,000 lochs in Scotland and many of these, if not all, would have had one crannog at least (there are lochs with more than ten). This presents a tantalising and very appealing resource for underwater archaeologists. This well-illustrated and interesting book examines the techniques developed by archaeologists to tackle these watery sites; it also attempts to answer the question of why people would go to so much trouble as to build an artificial island. The sheer effort, not to...