An Everyday Story of Country Folk?

What was the nature of the Neolithic farming way of life in Scotland, and how did it vary over time and space? How well do we understand the range of resources that were being used and the changing environment in which people lived their lives?
How did society operate, and where did people live? What can we say about the people - their life expectancy, their state of health, the way they interacted with each other, their power relationships, their identities?
This lecture assesses our current state of knowledge about these not-so-ordinary country folk.
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The Rhind Lectures 2020, “Neolithic Scotland: the Big Picture and Detailed Narratives in 2020”, are presented by Dr Alison Sheridan FSA FRSE FSAScot MDAI FBA ACIfA. Recorded in the National Museums Scotland auditorium by Mallard Productions Ltd. Sponsored by AOC Archaeology Group.
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The Rhind Lectures 2020:
The Scottish Neolithic clearly fascinated Alexander Henry Rhind and he made important, and very early, contributions to its understanding. In the 170 years since Rhind’s prehistoric exploits, our understanding and perception of this fascinating period in Scotland’s past have been utterly transformed. This series of six lectures will offer an in-depth assessment of the current state of our knowledge about the period c.4000-2500 BC, when new ways of living and of making sense of the world appeared and developed in Scotland.
The Lecturer:
Dr Alison Sheridan FSA FRSE FSAScot MDAI FBA ACIfA recently retired as Principal Archaeological Research Curator in National Museums Scotland, having worked there since 1987 after obtaining her doctorate from the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on the Scottish Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age in their wider European context, specialising in pottery, stone axeheads, and jewellery of jet, faience and gold. Past President of the Prehistoric Society and Vice-President of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, she became a Fellow of the British Academy in 2019.