Settlements Established in the 9th Millennium BC - Ancient Jericho, Aristobulus III of Israel, Cramond, Pulli Settlement, Star Carr (Paperback)

Chapters: Ancient Jericho, Aristobulus Iii of Israel, Cramond, Pulli Settlement, Star Carr, Wall of Jericho. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Cramond is a seaside village now part of suburban Edinburgh, Scotland, located in the north-west corner of the city at the mouth of the River Almond where it enters the Firth of Forth. The Cramond area has a long history, with evidence of Mesolithic, Bronze Age and Roman activity. It was the birthplace of the Scottish economist John Law. The Roman fort or station at Cramond was known to the Romans as Alaterva, according to a stone altar dug up in the grounds of Cramond House that is dedicated to 'the mothers of Alaterva and of the fields', the Latin inscription reading Matribus Alatervis et Matribus Campestribus. In the centuries that followed the end of the Roman occupation, Cramond passed into the hands of the Votadini, who spoke Cumbric, a Brythonic Celtic language, and gave the settlement its name. Cramond is derived from the compound Caer Amon, meaning 'fort on the river', referring to the Roman fort that lay on the River Almond. The inscription on the Roman altar dedicated to the mothers of Alaterva and of the fields. Archaeological excavations at Cramond have uncovered evidence of habitation dating to around 8500 BC, making it the earliest known site of human settlement in Scotland. The inhabitants of the Mesolithic camp-site were nomadic hunter-gatherers who moved around their territories according to the season of the year. Although no bones survived the acid soil, waste pits and stakeholes that would have supported shelters or windbreaks were excavated. Numerous discarded hazelnut shells were found in the pits and used to carbon-date the site, the waste product of the inhabitants' staple food. It...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=856234