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Metalwork from the 1855 excavation [5. The hill of Tuach, Kintore, Aberdeenshire]
The study of stone circles has long played a major role in British and Irish archaeology, and for Scotland most attention has been focused on the large monuments of Orkney and the Western Isles. Several decades of fieldwork have shown how these major structures are likely to be of early...Sheridan, J A ; Cowie, Trevor
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Shale bead/pendant
A rich prehistoric landscape was unexpectedly revealed on the Thames floodplain during investigations in advance of gravel extraction in the parishes of Yarnton and Cassington. This fascinating study examines this 2500-year settlement history and its changing landscape context on the gravel islands, silted up river channels and adjacent gravel terrace....Sheridan, J A
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Hieroglyphs from the North: Newcastle's early travellers in Egypt and their correspondence with Jean-Francois Champollion
A varied and charming collection of 17 papers that bring something new about the people from many countries and backgrounds who travelled to, from and within Egypt and the Near East, either singly or as a group, and explored, observed and recorded, or stayed for a short period of time...Maitland, Margaret
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Towards a methodology for the study of prehistoric jet and jet-like jewellery
Prehistoric Britain has generated an enormous number and wide variety of stone objects, but few books deal specifically with stone tools that are not flint. This book brings together papers from 22 of the UK’s archaeologists investigating the stone objects that were fundamental to the daily lives of prehistoric people....Sheridan, J A
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Design-Archaeology: bringing a Pictish inspired drinking horn fitting to life
The Glenmorangie Early Medieval Research Project re-created objects from the period c.300-900AD in collaboration with artists,designers and makers. Contemporary skills and traditional craftswere used, informed directly from the archaeological evidence. This process of re-creation has brought these objects to life again, giving us insights into how they were made, experienced...Maxwell, Mhairi ; Goldberg, D Martin ; Gray, Jennifer
re-creation, design-archaeology, Authenticity, and Pictish-problem solving
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Metalwork from the 2011 excavations: razor and its associated sheath from Urn 5 [5. The hill of Tuach, Kintore, Aberdeenshire].
The study of stone circles has long played a major role in British and Irish archaeology, and for Scotland most attention has been focused on the large monuments of Orkney and the Western Isles. Several decades of fieldwork have shown how these major structures are likely to be of early...Sheridan, J A ; Troalen, Lore ; Rogers, Penelope Walton
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‘Thanks to you the best has been made of a bad job’: Vere Gordon Childe and the Bronze Age cairn at Ri Cruin, Kilmartin, Argyll & Bute
Ri Cruin is one of the series of Early Bronze Age cairns that make up the well-known linear cemetery in Kilmartin Glen, Argyll. The aim of this short paper is to make more fully accessible and account of the work undertaken by Gordon Childe in the summer of 1936 when...Cowie, Trevor
Kilmartin Glen, cairn, Vere Gordon Childe, Bronze Age, Argyll, and Ri Cruin
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The colour purple: lithomarge artefacts in northern Britain
This paper revisits an artefact type, lithomarge beads, last studied 40 years ago by Stevenson and Collins (1976). The rare purple colour produced by the naturally occurring mixture of haematite and kaolinite is the key characteristic and made this material desirable. Lithomarge beads are widely distributed across Northern Britain, but...Goldberg, D Martin
colour, lithomarge, purple, Iron Age, jewellery, Early Medieval, and Roman
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Stone rings from Robber’s Den, Co. Clare
This book brings together a series of ground-breaking studies on human bones and artefacts recovered from Irish caves principally between 1870 and 1990. Until now these assemblages had either been completely neglected or had not been examined with modern techniques. The 15 expert contributions presented here shine a light on...Sheridan, J A
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4.3.3 Silver
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...Holmes, N M McQ.
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Introduction [Age of Oil: Artwork by Sue Jane Taylor]
The book accompanies the multi-media exhibition on show at the National Museum of Scotland 21 July - 5 November 2017, featuring the artwork of Sue Jane Taylor. The artist is no stranger to extreme working environments, having worked for over thirty years recording the lives of workers in the North...Cox, Elsa ; Taubman, Alison
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Portable antiquities
This work is an introduction to the structure and context of archaeology in Britain. It reviews the vital issues facing archaeologists during a period in which the discipline has become increasingly diverse, and analyzes the questions of principle and practice that have arisen.Saville, Alan
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Ceramics and pottery - Europe
The four-volume "Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World" offers comprehensive coverage of the ancient world, from prehistory to the fall of Rome, including Western and non-Western cultures and civilizations. An introduction outlines the key milestones in the development of human society, from the peoples of the Ice...Sheridan, J A
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Feral cat Felis catus
Macdonald, David W ; Kitchener, Andrew C
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Catalogue entry: Mortlake Workshop, after Francis Cleyn (born in Rostock, 1582; died in London, 1658), designer, after Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502-1550) and Bernard van Orley (c.1492-c.1541) The Return of Sarah by the Egyptians, c.1658-60
The Paston Treasure, a spectacular painting now held at Norwich Castle Museum, depicts objects from the collections of a local landed family. The Pastons established one of the most extensive cabinets of rarities and curiosities in seventeenth-century England—it boasted no fewer than six hundred decorative art objects, including shell cups,...Wyld, Helen
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The shale bangle
Hunter, Fraser
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Appendix V. The study and analysis of jet and jet-like materials: methods and results.
Table 1 Summary of all analytical results relating to objects studied during the project Table 2 XRF analysis at the British Museum: results Table 3 XRF analysis at National Museums Scotland: resultsDavis, M ; Hook, D ; Jones, M ; Sheridan, J A ; Troalen, Lore
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The glass bead
Cults Loch, at Castle Kennedy in Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, loch lies within a landscape rich in prehistoric cropmark sites and within the loch itself are two crannogs, one of which has been the focus of this study. A palisaded enclosure and a promontory fort on the shores of the...Hunter, Fraser
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“Some idea of our country”: Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in early wartime documentary film
This edited collection focuses on the negotiation of national, geographic and cultural identities during the Second World War among the constituent countries of the United Kingdom. Adopting a four nations approach, it contributes to our understanding of how pluralistic identities within the multinational state of Britain informed the functioning of...Allan, Stuart
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Craft in context: artefact production in later prehistoric Scotland
How did Scotland relate to wider European patterns in later prehistory? This key topic is addressed by the papers in this volume, which review recent work on the Scottish later Bronze Age and Iron Age in the light of its neighbours. Authors use the explosion of recent data to investigate...Hunter, Fraser
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Objects as ambassadors: representing nation through museum exhibitions
Museum collections are often perceived as static entities hidden away in storerooms or trapped behind glass cases. By focusing on the dynamic histories of museum collections, new research reveals their pivotal role in shaping a wide range of social relations. Over time and across space the interactions between these artefacts...Knowles, Chantal
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Directions in palaeoneurology
This collection of papers honours Dr Angela C Milner and her contribution to vertebrate palaeontology, with articles authored by many of her colleagues and former students. These articles encompass studies on the earliest four-legged vertebrates, lizards, marine reptiles, turtles, dinosaurs, birds and mammals, ranging in age from just after the...Walsh, Stig A ; Knoll, Monja A
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Metal and glass objects. In M Cressey & S Anderson, A later prehistoric settlement and metalworking site at Seafield West, near Inverness, Highland
Construction in 1996 at a major retail development site close to Inverness, Highland resulted in the destruction of two known cropmark sites. One set of cropmarks was found to be associated with a Bronze Age log-boat burial site and the results of the ensuing excavation are published elsewhere (Cressey &...Hunter, Fraser
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A shale bead fragment from Area 6
Excavations at the Eton Rowing Course and along the Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton Flood Alleviation Channel revealed extensive evidence for occupation in an evolving landscape of floodplains and gravel terraces set amidst the shifting channels of the Thames. The most significant evidence was a series of early Neolithic midden deposits,...Sheridan, J A
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The pottery in the pit [3. Excavations at Waulkmill, Tarland, Aberdeenshire].
The study of stone circles has long played a major role in British and Irish archaeology, and for Scotland most attention has been focused on the large monuments of Orkney and the Western Isles. Several decades of fieldwork have shown how these major structures are likely to be of early...Sheridan, J A
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Contextualising Kilmartin: building a narrative for developments in western Scotland and beyond, from the Early Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age
Although this volume is a tribute to Richard Bradley, its strength lies in the range and depth of papers that provide new information, ideas, and interpretations on many familiar archaeological themes. This volume takes, as its basis, the archaeological themes that Richard has developed through his career and has been...Sheridan, J A
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Jug with biblical scenes
The book celebrates the 850th anniversary of the arrival of the remains of The Magi, the Three Wise Men, in Cologne, the momentous event that made the cathedral city one of the major pilgrimage sites of the Middle Ages. Their remains were installed and integrated into the Shrine of the...Hunter, Fraser
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Eskimo Curlew
McGowan, R Y ; Shaw, K D
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Preface [Scottish photography: the first thirty years]
This lavishly illustrated book discusses the relationship between art, science and technology which, around 1840, laid a fertile groundwork for photography to flourish in Scotland. It looks at the early professionals including DO Hill, Robert Adamson, James Valentine and George Washington Wilson. The book has been written by Dr Sara...Lidchi, Henrietta
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Martin George Guise, not a mercenary
Allan, Stuart
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The pumice and coarse stone
McLaren, Dawn ; Hunter, Fraser
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Hymenopterous parasitoids of diptera
Shaw, Mark R ; Askew, R R
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A connected Europe, c.500-150 BC
The real and imagined legacy of the ancient Celts has shaped modern identities across the British Isles and retains a powerful hold over the popular imagination. Furthermore, Celtic art is one of Europe’s great artistic traditions, with the skills of Celtic craftspeople standing alongside the best of the ancient and...Joy, Jody ; Hunter, Fraser
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An overview of the Bronze Age in Moray
Cowie, Trevor
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Pioneers in Scottish Ornithology
McGowan, R Y
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Reconnecting with rural life: a 1950s dairy herd and other animals
The issue of keeping and presentation of live animals in agricultural and open-air museum has always been important, however, so far largely underestimated. The Szreniawa Conference on live animals is the first voice in the field of not only Polish but also international agricultural museology. The topic was consulted with...Edwards, Elaine
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Scottish silver: a short introduction
Dalgleish, George
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Appendix VII. Necklaces: additional data.
The exotic and impressive grave goods from burials of the ‘Wessex Culture’ in Early Bronze Age Britain are well known and have inspired influential social and economic hypotheses, invoking the former existence of chiefs, warriors and merchants and high-ranking pastoralists. Alternative theories have sought to explain how display of such...Sheridan, J A ; Woodward, Ann
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