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The Scottish Life Archive
Kidd, Dorothy
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The break up of the kingdom of the Isles
Caldwell, David H
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The Boyne to Brodgar initiative: understanding—and preserving, presenting and raising awareness of—Neolithic monuments and the people who built and used them in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man
This contribution introduces a new initiative, focusing on Neolithic monumentality in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man, that aims to combine fresh research and fieldwork with a strategy to raise public awareness of the wealth and interconnectedness of the monuments in these areas. The background to the initiative -...Sheridan, J A ; Cooney, Gabriel
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A catalogue of the collections of Mexican amber at the Natural History Museum, London and National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
A catalogue is here provided of the pieces of Mexican amber with inclusions in the collections of the Natural History Museum, London, and National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, both in the United Kingdom. There are 32 pieces in the Natural History Museum and 101 pieces in National Museums Scotland which contain...Ross, Andrew ; Mellish, C ; Crighton, Bill ; York, P V
Edinburgh, London, inclusions, arthropods, and Mexican amber
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The terrestrial Invertebrate fauna of Mingulay, including 18 new species records for the Outer Hebrides
Field investigations of the invertebrate fauna of the island of Mingulay in the Outer Hebrides were carried out during the summer of 2013. The resulting species list also includes published records from the island prior to our visit. A total of 303 terrestrial invertebrate species are listed, over 60% of...Robinson, Jeanne ; Hancock, E Geoffrey ; Hewitt, Stephen M ; Mann, Darren
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Ten new galleries for the National Museum of Scotland’s treasures
The National Museum of Scotland will unveil ten new galleries devoted to art and design and to science and technology this month. Godfrey Evans, principal curator of European decorative arts tells Apollo about some of the museum’s treasures.Evans, Godfrey
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Lestricus secalis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Cenocoeliina), a genus and species new to Britain
Lestricus secalis (L.) was inadvertently listed as British on the basis of an old speculation but, as there was neither firm evidence nor the existence of any specimen, it was deleted from the British list by Shaw & Huddleston (1991). However, it was suggested by Shaw (1999) that the species...Shaw, Mark R ; Mendel, Howard
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The Stewart dynasty at National Museums Scotland
David S Forsyth introduces some of the beautiful treasures held in the collection of the National Museum of Scotland which provide a rich and varied insight into the splendour of the Stewart dynasty.Forsyth, David S