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Journal article
Final word: Glenmorangie Research Project
Dr Adrián Maldondo, the new Glenmorangie Research Fellow at National Museums Scotland, talks to History Scotland about the future of the project, which was established in 2008 and has uncovered many new insights into Scotland's medieval past.Maldonado, Adrián
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Book chapter
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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Journal article
Silver dirhams from the Storr Rock Viking Hoard
A 10th-century hoard found on the Isle of Skye contained 19 dirhams, silver coins from the Islamic emirates of central Asia. These were not exotic curiosities collected by a Viking traveller, but evidence of trade routes connecting Scotland across vast distances at the turn of the first millennium.Maldonado, Adrián
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Journal article
Holy buckets! Insular identities in the Viking age
The small jewel case was marked Machrins, the name of a Viking cemetery on Colonsay, so it immediately caught my attention. I unwrapped the tissue paper to reveal a shining fragment of metal with curious markings on it.Maldonado, Adrián
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Presentation
From recreation to inspiration: Glenmorangie craft commissons at National Museums Scotland 2008-2020
Organic items rarely survive and the evidence for these lost objects is often secondary from metal fittings or artistic depictions. To understand how these objects would have been experienced and the skills used to make them, the Glenmorangie Research Project has commissioned artists to recreate Early Medieval artefacts that rarely...Maldonado, Adrián