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Preserving memories of the Antarctic whaling industry
Cox, Elsa
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What about the British insect fauna?
Shaw, Mark R
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Picture this
McLoughlin, Kevin
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Q&A with Margaret Maitland
Missing fragments of a 15th-century Egyptian box finally returned to NMSDurrans, Alice
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Charles Thomas in North Britain: a career in the making
A review of the academic career of Prof Charles Thomas in Scotland, pioneering early medieval archaeologist, influential in Early Christian archaeology and Pictish studies.Maldonado, Adrián ; Campbell, E
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Wolf Canis lupus
Kitchener, Andrew C ; Yalden, Derek W
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Trajectoires des objets des iles Loyauté du musée d'Écosse, collectés par révérend Hadfield et son épouse
En 1910, le révérend Hadfield et son épouse, Emma Hadfield, retournement en Grande-Bretagne pour un conge, après trente-deux ans de service aux iles Loyauté. Sans adresse permanente, ils resident chez leur fils James Arthur Hadfield, pasteuer a la Kirk Memorial Church a Edimbourg. Pendant leur sejour dans cette ville, ils...Knowles, Chantal
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Vielfalt und Einheit, Tradition und Veränderung: Keltische Kunst in Großbritannien und Irland
Seit Jahrzehnten beschäftigen sich Archäologen, Historiker, Sprach- und Naturwissenschaftler mit den Kelten, einem bunten Gemisch verschiedener Stammesgemeinschaften mit ähnlichen Traditionen in Kunst, Handwerk, Religion und Sprache, welche die Geschichte Mitteleuropas im 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr. entscheidend prägten. Besonders in Südwestdeutschland ziehen spektakuläre Neufunde wie zuletzt das reich ausgestattete Frauengrab aus...Hunter, Fraser
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The stone stud
This is the first volume charting the CAU’s on-going Barleycroft Farm/Over investigations, which now encompasses almost twenty years of fieldwork across both banks of the River Great Ouse at its junction with the Fen. Amongst the project’s main directives is the status of a major river in prehistory – when...Sheridan, J A
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Coins and jetons
Holmes, Nicholas
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Archäologie ohne Aufgaben? Wie die Fortschritte naturwissenschaftlicher Verfahren die moderne archäologische Forschung an Funden beeinflussen und verändern: Scientific archaeology - to what end? How progress in the analytical methods of the natural sciences has influenced and changed modern archaeological research on finds
Modern research on archaeological artefacts has profited considerably from the use of analytical techniques from the natural sciences. Recent research has allowed us to reconstruct considerably more precise "biographies" of artefacts than was the case previously, as illustrated by several examples from the author's own current research. However, as is...Sheridan, J A
Archaeology, Natural Scientic Analysis Methods, and New Findings
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Two species of Omalus (Hym., Chrysididae) in Scotland
Shaw, Mark R
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Iron in Iron Age Moray
This paper, and the presentation it is based on, is a brief summary of a regional case study within my doctoral thesis on 'Iron in Iron Age Scotland' (Cruickshanks 2017). It became clear at an early stage of this research that there are more, and larger, ironworking sites in the...Cruickshanks, Gemma
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Material destinies: jewelry, authenticity and craft in the American Southwest
This article considers the representation and interpretation of Native American jewelry of the American Southwest. It gives a broad history of silversmithing and lapidary traditions, in order to contextualize the tangible and intangible values bestowed on silver and stone as pure, worked, and combined materials. It suggests the benefit of...Lidchi, Henrietta
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A review of the genus Artocella van Achterberg (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) with description of a new species from Spain
A new species of the genus Artocella van Achterberg is described from Spain. On the basis of its substantial sexual dimorphisim, the differences between the two previously known species of this Turanian-Mediterranean genus, which had each been described from specimens of only one (and differing) sex, are reassessed.Shaw, Mark R
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The conservation of the Triumph of Prudence tapestry
Lynn McLean presents the result of a project to restore a 16th-century tapestry which is soon to go on display at National Museum of Scotland after 1,700 hours of specialised work which involved a team of experts who include textile conservators, dye scientists and cleaning specialists.McClean, Lynn
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Review of M.Parker Pearson, N.Sharples, and J.Symonds, South Uist: archaeology and history of a Hebridean island
Two outstanding books have recently been published about the archaeology and history of the Outer Hebrides. Andrew Fleming’s St Kilda and the Wider World is one; Parker Pearson et al's is the other. South Uist presents the results of a major interdisciplinary and collaborative research project undertaken principally by the...Sheridan, J A
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Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age goldwork from Britain: new finds and new perspectives
British Early Bronze Age gold has traditionally been dominated by the splendid antiquarian finds from Wessex. This dominance is illusory, based on historically benevolent conditions of survival and preferential recovery through antiquarian barrow digging. Recent decades have seen the steady rise of a range of Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age...Needham, Stuart ; Sheridan, J A
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New finds of Scottish fourteenth-century hoards
Holmes, N M McQ.
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The lure of silver: denarius hoards and relations across the frontier
Roman frontiers defined the Roman Empire, one of the greatest states that the world has ever seen. By understanding these frontiers we can better understand the relationship between Rome and her neighbours. Leading scholars of the frontiers of the Roman Empire have come together to present this collection of essays...Hunter, Fraser
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The ironwork
Cruickshanks, Gemma ; Hunter, Fraser
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An insect new to Scotland - or is it?
Shaw, Mark R
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A rearing record of Homolobus (Phylacter) meridionalis van Achterberg (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Homolobinae) in the south of France
Homolobus (Phylacter) meridionalis is recorded parasitizing the noctuid Dryobota labecula (Esper, 1788) feeding in spring on Quercus in southern France. The adult parasitoid emerged in the autumn; evidence is presented to suggest that it is a bivoltine species, likely to parasitize low-feeding noctuids in its overwintering generation. Notes to separate...Shaw, Mark R
Dryobota labecula, Braconidae, morphology, Homolobus (Phylacter) meridionalis., phenology, Noctuidae, Homolobinae, Quercus, Lepidoptera, and Hymenoptera
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Insects and spiders on snowfields in the Cairngorms, Scotland
An account is given of seven collections of insects and spiders made in summer 1979 on snowfields above 1100m elevation in the Cairngorm mountains, Scotland. In one comprehensive collection 278 recently deposited animals representing 35 species were obtained in 25 m2; the other collections were selective. A high proportion of...Ashmole, N P ; Nelson, J M ; Shaw, Mark R ; Garside, A
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Parasitic Control, Section A: General Information
Shaw, Mark R
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New cat on the block
Kitchener, Andrew C
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The black stone bead from Structure 1, Stonehall Farm
Considering that Orkney is a group of relatively small islands lying off the northeast coast of the Scottish mainland, its wealth of Neolithic archaeology is truly extraordinary. An assortment of houses, chambered cairns, stone circles, standing stones and passage graves provides an unusually comprehensive range of archaeological and architectural contexts....Sheridan, J A
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A new species of Hygroplitis Thomson in England (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Microgastrinae)
A key to species of the genus Hygroplitis is given. The synonyms of H. russatus, including a parasitoid of Chilo suppressalis, are discussed and a new species is described.Shaw, Mark R
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European collections of scientific instruments, 1550-1750
Collections of scientific instruments originated as part of Renaissance collections of 'naturalia' and 'artificialia'. Surveying and astronomical instruments were common in such collections, their role being to impress visitors by displaying the power that a ruler acquired through the control of nature. This book offers selected studies of notable European...scientific apparatus and instruments Europe renaissance collections science
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Hoverfly larvae
Rotheray, Graham E
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Celts: an exploration through objects
Fraser Hunter and Martin Goldberg introduce a major new exhibition which brings together renowned Celtic art from across the continent for the first time in a generation.Hunter, Fraser ; Goldberg, D Martin
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Cockroaches
Ross, Andrew
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Celebrating James Watt: inventor, polymath, genius
Cox, Elsa
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British Steatoda watch
Shaw, Mark R
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Hymenoptera: Parasitica. The parasitic wasps
Shaw, Mark R
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Keith Leask and his biography of Hugh Miller
Taylor, Michael A
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Residues at the Neolithic flint extraction site at Den of Boddam, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Papers representing the Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of the UISPP Commission on Flint Mining in Pre- and Protohistoric Times (Madrid, 14-17 October 2009). Contents: 1) Setting the Context. A brief introduction to the Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of the UISPP Commission on Flint mining in Pre-...Saville, Alan
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National War Museum Library
Sarah Dallman introduces the holdings of the National War Museum Library, which are rich in military history resources including books, paintings, army lists and journalsDallman, Sarah
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Ceremonial or deadly serious ? New insight into the function of Irish Early Bronze Age halberds
The articles in this volume cover aspects relating to archaeometallurgy, functional analyses, experimental work and archaeology and focus on multidisciplinary approaches for studying archaeological artefacts. Contents: 1) Introduction (Marianne Modlinger, Marion Uckelmann and Steven Matthews); 2) Spearheads and swords – The making of bronze objects (Markus Binggeli); 3) Use-wear on...O'Flaherty, R ; Gilchrist, M D ; Cowie, Trevor
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Two denarius hoards from Birnie, Moray
This paper will describe and discuss the significance of two hoards of Roman silver denarii found within a few metres of each other on what proved to be an important settlement site at Birnie, near Elgin, Moray - the first between 1996 and 2000, and the second in 2001.Holmes, N M McQ.
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4.3.2 Copper alloy
Excavation on the headland at Auldhame has revealed one thousand years of burial activity and liturgical practice, the nature of which changed over the course of the millennium. It has charted the birth and death of a church, from a monastic settlement established in the seventh century AD, which then...McLaren, Dawn ; Hunter, Fraser
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The long march of the platform
Stacked soles have been around since the ancient Greeks now they’re stomping down the catwalks again. The fashion curator Georgina Ripley charts the history of the high-rise shoe.Ripley, Georgina
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David Livingstone: man, myth and legacy
David Livingstone (1813-73) rose from being a factory boy in the west of Scotland to become an African explorer and a hero of the Victorian age. He was the first European to document Malawi in the mid 1800s and he continues to be remembered there - and in the David... -
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School microscopes in the Sixties.
Nuttall, R H
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Torrs – Witham – Wandsworth-Stil
Hunter, Fraser
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Victorian photography: a Scottish perspective
Morrison-Low, A D
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How silver became Scotland's precious metal of choice
Silver - not gold - was the most powerful material in the formative history of Scotland in the first millennium AD, yet none was mined here. How did silver become Scotland's precious metal of choice?Blackwell, Alice
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In the shadow of Jacques-Louis David’s Napoleon: the 10th Duke of Hamilton and Raeburn
‘Indiscriminate praise is little better than censure’: critical contexts for understanding Raeburn’s portraitureEvans, Godfrey
taste, Raeburn, Scotland, collecting, Enlightenment, patronage, art, and portraiture
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The species of four genera of Metopiinae (Hymenoptera:Ichneumonidae) in Britain, with new host records and descriptions of four new species
Two genera of Metopiinae are recorded for the first time from the British Isles, Ischyrocnemis Holmgren and Synosis Townes. An account is also given of a further two genera, Apolophus Townes and Stethoncus Townes, that have been recently recorded from Britain but remain little known. Apolophus and Synosis are shown...Broad, G R ; Shaw, Mark R
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One model for the care of corporate heritage: The BT Connected Earth partnership in practice since 2002
Connected Earth is a web based museum of the history of communication,underpinned by a series of major physical collections, distributed among a network of museums around the UK. It represents a £6 million investment by BT (British Telecommunications plc), to promote the widest possible access to its collections of historical...Taubman, Alison
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National treasure looks to future to preserve the past
Landmark museum building goes from strength to strength, with a £14m third phase of restoration to be opened in 2016, says Gordon RintoulRintoul, Gordon
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Treasures of the National Museums Scotland, 4
Manley, W P
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Katharine Coleman
Watban, Rose
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Supernatural power dressing
Jewellery from Bronze Age graves is normally interpreted as a symbol of status. Howevr, materials like jet, amber, faience and tin were also worn as talismans, writes Alison Sheridan When archaeologists found the 4,300-year-old burial of an archer and metalworker at Amesbury in Wiltshire last year, they knew at once...Sheridan, J A ; Shortland, A
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Mild hobbies and their legacies
This paper looks at the nature and trajectory of Dr John Rae collection in the institutional context of the National Museums Scotland. In a letter of 1878, Rae noted that his hobby was ‘in a very mild way, natural history’. As Jonathan King notes, Rae’s collection is diverse reflecting changing...Lidchi, Henrietta
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The different histories of the Norrie's Law hoard
This paper reviews the different histories of objects within the Norrie's Law hoard and demonstrates the likelihood that at least two objects - a plaque decorated with Pictish symbols and a handpin - are nineteenth-century forgeries.Goldberg, D Martin ; Blackwell, Alice
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The Niddrie Marischal sundial
Morrison-Low, A D
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X-ray fluorescence analysis of metalworking ceramics and coper alloy mount
Trusty's Hill is an early medieval fort at Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway. The hillfort comprises a fortified citadel defined by a vitrified rampart around its summit, with a number of enclosures looping out along lower-lying terraces and crags. The approach to its summit is flanked on one side...Cruickshanks, Gemma ; Hunter, Fraser