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Bangle fragment of shale or channel coal in Excavations on the route of the Dalkeith northern bypass, 1994-1995 and 2006
An evaluation and subsequent targeted excavations were carried out along the route of the proposed A68 Dalkeith Northern Bypass by the Centre for Field Archaeology (CFA) between September 1994 and March 1995, with additional watching briefs taking place in 1997. The work was commissioned by Historic Scotland on behalf of...Hunter, Fraser ; Cameron, K ; Cressey, M ; Dunwell, A ; Mitchell, S …
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An upper paleolithic flint and chert assemblage from Howburn farm, South Lanarkshire, Scotland: first results
This paper describes the discovery of the first open-air Upper Palaeolithic site to be found in Scotland, at Howburn, near Biggar in South Lanarkshire. An account is given of the composition and distribution of the lithic assemblage, which is discussed in terms of its British and north-west European context. Provisional...Ballin, Torben Bjarke ; Saville, Alan ; Tipping, R ; Ward, T
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Sculptural Fragment in Excavations on the route of the Dalkeith northern bypass, 1994-95 and 2006
An evaluation and subsequent targeted excavations were carried out along the route of the proposed A68 Dalkeith Northern Bypass by the Centre for Field Archaeology (CFA) between September 1994 and March 1995, with additional watching briefs taking place in 1997. The work was commissioned by Historic Scotland on behalf of...Hunter, Fraser ; Cameron, K ; Cressey, M ; Dunwell, A ; Mitchell, S …
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A review of the Carboniferous fossil insects from Scotland
The known fossil insects of Carboniferous age from Scotland are reviewed. Of the seven recorded, one record is highly dubious and rejected, and another is herein identified as a crustacean. The remaining five insects belong to three orders: The extinct order Protodonata (giant dragonflies) is represented by the holotype of...Ross, Andrew
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Geographical variation in and evolutionary history of the Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi) (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) with the description of a new subspecies from Borneo
Recent morphological and molecular studies led to the recognition of two extant species of clouded leopards; Neofelis nebulosa from mainland southeast Asia and Neofelis diardi from the Sunda Islands of Borneo and Sumatra, including the Batu Islands. In addition to these new species-level distinctions, preliminary molecular data suggested a genetic...Wilting, A ; Christiansen, P ; Kitchener, Andrew C ; Kemp, Y J M ; Ambu, L …
Taxonomy, Toba volcanic eruption, Sunda shelf, Pleistocene, Holotype, and Biogeography
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The 17th dynasty gold necklace from Qurneh, Egypt
In 1908, the archaeologist Flinders Petrie discovered a rich intact burial of an adult and child at Qurneh, near Luxor. Stylistically, the burial has been dated to the late 17th Dynasty, in the 16th century BC. The complete burial group came to Edinburgh in 1909. A recent examination of the...Tate, Jim ; Eremin, Katherine ; Troalen, Lore ; Guerra, Maria Filomena ; Goring, Elizabeth …
Qurneh, mummy, ring manufacture, and necklace
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Phylogenetic relationships of leptellinid brachiopods
The relationships among the diverse genera comprising the family Leptellinidae (Brachiopoda) are reviewed in the light of the revised edition of the Treatise on Invertebrate Palaeontology. Taxonomic work reassessed all the genera identified as Leptellinidae in the most current classification. Four genera were discarded, namely Bekkerella, Benignites, Leptastichidia and Nikitinamena....Candela, Yves
Biogeography, taxor, cladistics, Palaeozoic, Ordovician, Leptellinidae, taxonomy, and Brachiopoda