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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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Journal article
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Cowie, Trevor ; Heald, Andrew ; Hunter, Fraser ; Saville, Alan
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Journal article
Howburn, Near Biggar, South Lanarkshire: Preliminary Notice of a Scottish Inland Early Holocene Lithic Assemblage
This paper draws preliminary attention to the recent discovery of evidence for early Holocene human presence at Howburn, near Biggar, in the interior of southern Scotland. Implement types invite comparison with so-called Star Carr type Early Mesolithic assemblages of the 10th millennium BP, or possibly with even earlier technological traditions.Saville, Alan ; Ballin, Torben Bjarke ; Ward, T
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Book chapter
Excavations at Maybury Park, Edinburgh (1990–2). Section 4: Lithic Artefacts
This paper presents the results of a series of excavations carried out by the City of Edinburgh Council Archaeology Service between 1990 and 1992 in advance of the Edinburgh Park development. Following a programme of test excavations, seven areas were opened up for excavation. Three of these contained significant archaeology...Moloney, Colm ; Lawson, John A ; Saville, Alan
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Characterizing the diet of individuals at the Neolithic chambered tomb of Hazleton North, Gloucestershire, England, using stable isotopic analysis
Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope compositions were measured on human and faunal bones, sampled from the Neolithic chambered tomb of Hazleton North, Gloucestershire, UK. The values were used to characterize the diet of the burial community as a whole. Humans were higher in δ15N by 4.5–5.0‰ relative to animal δ15N,...Hedges, Robert ; Saville, Alan ; O'Connell, Tamsin
bone, carbon, nitrogen, Neolithic, stable isotope, and Paleodiet
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Saville, Alan
Archaeology, Excavation, Chert, Dorset , Neolithic, and Flint