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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