The Upper Dee Tributaries Project: Finding the Mesolithic in the mountains of Scotland

Shannon M Fraser; Gordon Noble; Graeme Warren; Richard Tipping; Danny  Paterson; Wishart Mitchell; Ann Clarke; Caroline Wickham-Jones

The Upper Dee Tributaries Project: Finding the Mesolithic in the mountains of Scotland

Shannon M Fraser, Gordon Noble, Graeme Warren, Richard Tipping, Danny Paterson, Wishart Mitchell, Ann Clarke, Caroline Wickham-Jones

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Abstract

This paper outlines aspects of a collaborative, multi-disciplinary project examining the Mesolithic use of one of the most dramatic mountain landscapes in Britain – the Cairngorm Mountains of northern Scotland. An outline of the Upper Dee Tributaries Project is presented, with a brief summary of work carried out to date. The main focus of discussion is on the difficulties of site prospection in Cairngorms: where peat covers Mesolithic land-surfaces and areas of erosion are comparatively rare. These problems of prospection are especially important given the challenges of managing of Mesolithic sites in these landscapes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Holocene Foragers in Europe and Beyond
Subtitle of host publication	Papers Presented to the Ninth International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe MESO 2015, Belgrade, Serbia
Editors	D. Borić, D. Antonović, B. Mihailović, S. Stefanović
Place of Publication	Belgrade
Publisher	Serbian Archaeological Society
Chapter	19
Pages	64-69
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 11 Feb 2020
Event	Ninth International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe - Belgrade, Serbia Duration: 14 Sept 2015 → 18 Sept 2015

Conference

Conference	Ninth International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe
Abbreviated title	MESO15
Country/Territory	Serbia
City	Belgrade
Period	14/09/15 → 18/09/15

Bibliographical note

The Upper Dee Tributaries Project partners are grateful for financial assistance received from the National Trust for Scotland, Aberdeenshire Council, the Society of Antiquaries of London, the Robert Kiln Charitable Trust, the Royal Archaeological Institute and the Tony Clark Memorial Fund. As ever many people have contributed to the success of fieldwork including colleagues and students from the University of Aberdeen and University College Dublin. This work would not have been possible without the support of the NTS Property Manager David Frew and the Mar Lodge Estate team.

Keywords

site prospection
landscape archaeology
mountain/upland
Scotland
management

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Fraser, S. M., Noble, G., Warren, G., Tipping, R., Paterson, D., Mitchell, W., Clarke, A., & Wickham-Jones, C. (Accepted/In press). The Upper Dee Tributaries Project: Finding the Mesolithic in the mountains of Scotland. In D. Borić, D. Antonović, B. Mihailović, & S. Stefanović (Eds.), Holocene Foragers in Europe and Beyond: Papers Presented to the Ninth International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe MESO 2015, Belgrade, Serbia (pp. 64-69). Serbian Archaeological Society.

The Upper Dee Tributaries Project: Finding the Mesolithic in the mountains of Scotland. / Fraser, Shannon M; Noble, Gordon; Warren, Graeme et al.
Holocene Foragers in Europe and Beyond: Papers Presented to the Ninth International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe MESO 2015, Belgrade, Serbia. ed. / D. Borić; D. Antonović; B. Mihailović; S. Stefanović. Belgrade: Serbian Archaeological Society, 2020. p. 64-69.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Fraser, SM, Noble, G, Warren, G, Tipping, R, Paterson, D, Mitchell, W, Clarke, A & Wickham-Jones, C 2020, The Upper Dee Tributaries Project: Finding the Mesolithic in the mountains of Scotland. in D Borić, D Antonović, B Mihailović & S Stefanović (eds), Holocene Foragers in Europe and Beyond: Papers Presented to the Ninth International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe MESO 2015, Belgrade, Serbia. Serbian Archaeological Society, Belgrade, pp. 64-69, Ninth International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe , Belgrade, Serbia, 14/09/15.

Fraser SM, Noble G, Warren G, Tipping R, Paterson D, Mitchell W et al. The Upper Dee Tributaries Project: Finding the Mesolithic in the mountains of Scotland. In Borić D, Antonović D, Mihailović B, Stefanović S, editors, Holocene Foragers in Europe and Beyond: Papers Presented to the Ninth International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe MESO 2015, Belgrade, Serbia. Belgrade: Serbian Archaeological Society. 2020. p. 64-69

Fraser, Shannon M ; Noble, Gordon ; Warren, Graeme et al. / The Upper Dee Tributaries Project : Finding the Mesolithic in the mountains of Scotland. Holocene Foragers in Europe and Beyond: Papers Presented to the Ninth International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe MESO 2015, Belgrade, Serbia. editor / D. Borić ; D. Antonović ; B. Mihailović ; S. Stefanović. Belgrade : Serbian Archaeological Society, 2020. pp. 64-69

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The Upper Dee Tributaries Project: Finding the Mesolithic in the mountains of Scotland

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