News  |  Posted March 23, 2021

Society Grants over £26,000 to Support Research into Scotland’s Past

The Society Council Trustees have awarded £26,319 to fifteen projects examining a wide range of topics from manuscript research to excavations investigating Mesolithic activity in the highlands. A key part of our charitable activity is to support and encourage research into Scotland’s past. Grants not only help create greater knowledge and understanding of Scotland’s heritage but also facilitate good practice and …

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News  |  Posted March 15, 2021

Society Intervenes to Stop the Sale of Human Remains at an Edinburgh Auction House

“You are talking about part of a human body, a person, someone’s son or daughter and it should be treated with respect.” – Dr Simon Gilmour, Director of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Late on Thursday 4 March, the Society was made aware that a human skull was set to be sold at an Edinburgh auction house on Saturday morning. The Society, as well …

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News  |  Posted March 4, 2021

New Grant Fund Available!

The Society supports high-quality research and publication relating to Scotland’s past through several grants and awards. We are extremely pleased to be able to offer a new grant fund in the name of Dr Euan MacKie to provide for scientific analyses or reconstruction images relating to Neolithic or Iron Age Scotland.  Supported by his family, the Dr Euan MacKie Legacy Fund will provide for …

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News  |  Posted December 14, 2020

Tune in to the Rhind Lectures 2020

The Rhind Lectures 2020 have begun, with the first lecture now available to watch free on our YouTube channel. This year, the series of six lectures by Dr Alison Sheridan will offer an in-depth assessment of the current state of our knowledge about the period c.4000-2500 BC, when new ways of living and of making sense of the world appeared and developed in Neolithic Scotland. …

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News  |  Posted December 7, 2020

Call for Papers – Early Medieval Kingship

Have something to say about early medieval kingship in Scotland? The Places of Royal Power and Ritual in Early Medieval Scotland and Europe Conference will be held in Perth on 18 June 2021, and now is your chance to take part. The aim of the conference is to explore the diverse range of evidence for early medieval of kingship and ritual …

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News  |  Posted December 3, 2020

New Society President and Treasurer

Following our AGM and Anniversary Meeting on Saint Andrew’s Day 2020, we are happy to announce the newly elected President and the newly elected Treasurer of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. We are very pleased to have Ian and Kenneth join our team, and look forward to working with them on several exciting new projects due to get underway soon. …

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News  |  Posted November 30, 2020

Available now! PSAS 149

The Society is pleased to announce that Volume 149 of the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is now available to Fellows via our journal platform, hosted by the University of Edinburgh Library. The papers in this year’s volume cover aspects of Scotland’s past from the Iron Age to the 19th century. This year’s journal also contains one …

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Publications

Available now! PSAS 149

The Society is pleased to announce that Volume 149 of the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is now available to Fellows via our journal platform, hosted by the University of Edinburgh Library. The papers in this year’s volume cover aspects of Scotland’s past from the Iron Age to the 19th century. This year’s journal also contains one …

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Governance

Annual Report and Accounts 2019-20

The signed Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Annual Report and Accounts for the period 1 June 2019 to 31 May 2020

The signed Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Annual Report and Accounts for the period 1 June 2019 to 31 May 2020

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News  |  Posted September 30, 2020

3,000-year-old Secrets of the Sculptor’s Cave Revealed

Remains of mummified bodies and rare artefacts reveal Moray’s ancient burial practices in the Society’s new book and online lecture The mysterious sea cave on the south shore of the Moray Firth is the focus of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’s latest publication, Darkness Visible: The Sculptor’s Cave, Covesea, from the Bronze Age to the Picts. The new book …

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3,000-year-old Secrets of the Sculptor’s Cave Revealed

Remains of mummified bodies and rare artefacts reveal Moray’s ancient burial practices in the Society’s new book and online lecture The mysterious sea cave on the south shore of the Moray Firth is the focus of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’s latest publication, Darkness Visible: The Sculptor’s Cave, Covesea, from the Bronze Age to the Picts. The new book …

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News  |  Posted September 29, 2020

Published: SAIR 92

The Society is pleased to announce the publication of a new Scottish Archaeological Internet Report, available now via the SAIR website. The most recent paper reports on excavations on the site of Doune Roman fort in Stirlingshire. The Society gratefully acknowledges the funding of Stirling Council and Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd towards the publication of this paper. To read the abstract …

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Published: SAIR 92

The Society is pleased to announce the publication of a new Scottish Archaeological Internet Report, available now via the SAIR website. The most recent paper reports on excavations on the site of Doune Roman fort in Stirlingshire. The Society gratefully acknowledges the funding of Stirling Council and Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd towards the publication of this paper. To read the abstract …

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