This is not a separate work: it is UNESCO's own World Heritage List inscription for the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, one entry in the same continuously maintained official register this atlas also records as a general source. It descends from that register rather than standing beside it, so citing this entry alongside the general World Heritage List record, or alongside another of its entries, is one institutional voice, not corroboration. Its real limit is the register's own limit: an official designation record produced by the World Heritage Committee for the purpose of recognition and protection, not a scholarly history of the site or the traditions associated with it. Use it for this site's World Heritage status, inscription year and the criteria under which it was listed; a claim about its deeper history needs a dedicated historical or archaeological source.
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Assessment
Reliability Tier2
This is UNESCO's own World Heritage List inscription record for the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, the middle tier reflecting an official designation record produced for recognition and protection rather than scholarly history, notwithstanding its direct institutional authority for the site's inscription status and criteria. NotesUNESCO's own World Heritage List inscription for the Heart of Neolithic Orkney (1999); the official heritage designation, not a scholarly archaeological study.
Citation
AuthorUNESCO World Heritage Centre
PublisherUNESCO
Publication Year1999
URLhttps://whc.unesco.org/en/list/514/
Source TypeInternational body
Cross-Tradition Connections
Derived From
This record's own Title names the UNESCO World Heritage List as the register it is entered under, and its Author names the World Heritage Centre, the World Heritage Committee, or UNESCO itself rather than an individual scholar; one entry inside that same continuously maintained official register, not a witness independent of it.
Claims Backed By This Source (16 claims)
This source backs 16 claims across the atlas. As facts: 12 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 connected.
- Articles, 3 claims: 3 well-attested.
- Regions, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Historical Periods, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Sacred Sites, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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