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Just published: SAIR 104

21st November 2023 | Categories: Publications

The Society is pleased to announce the publication of a new Scottish Archaeological Internet Report, available now via the SAIR website. SAIR 104: ‘Sae lofty and wide’: the archaeology of the Clyde Wind Farm by Stephen Cox and Nuala Marshall with contributions from Laura Bailey, Julie Franklin, Fraser Hunter and Angela Walker Click here to view the publication: doi.org/10.9750/issn.2056-7421.2023.104…

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Story of ancient Egyptian objects unearthed in Fife published for the first time in PSAS

20th November 2023 | Categories: Publications, Research

The story of the remarkable discovery of a group of Egyptian objects uncovered at Melville House in Fife between 1952 and 1984 is being told in full for the first time in an article published in the upcoming Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. The 18 objects – including a statue head described…

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New open access e-book: The Traprain Law Environs Project

26th May 2023 | Categories: Publications

The Society is pleased to announce the release of this title as an open access e-book, now available through the Open Access E-Books platform. The Traprain Law Environs Project: Fieldwork and Excavations 2000–2004 by Colin Haselgrove Click here to access the e-book: https://doi.org/10.9750/9781908332301 This volume presents the results of fieldwork on the East Lothian coastal plain in…

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New open access e-book: Antonine Wall

28th April 2023 | Categories: Publications

The Society is pleased to announce the release of this title as an open access e-book, now available through the Open Access E-Books platform. The Antiquarian Rediscovery of the Antonine Wall by Lawrence Keppie Click here to access the e-book: https://doi.org/10.9750/9781908332240 The Antonine Wall has been visible as an upstanding earthwork across the central belt of Scotland…

Platform cores. (© AOC Archaeology Group)

Just published: SAIR 103

17th March 2023 | Categories: Publications

The Society is pleased to announce the publication of a new Scottish Archaeological Internet Report, available now via the SAIR website. SAIR 103: A time of change: Mesolithic occupation at Cramond, Edinburgh during the 9th millennium BC by John A Lawson, Alan Saville and Rob Engl with contributions from Andrew Bicket, Rosie Bishop, Valerie Dean and Mhairi Hastie…

An early 20th-century toy cup inscribed with part of the text from ‘Old Mother Hubbard’. (© CFA Archaeology Ltd)

Just published: SAIR 102

6th January 2023 | Categories: Publications

The Society is pleased to announce the publication of a new Scottish Archaeological Internet Report, available now via the SAIR website. SAIR 102: Riddle’s Court, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh: a merchant’s house fit for a king by Michael Cressey with contributions from Anne Crone, Karen Dundas, Christina Hills and Alasdair Ross Click here to view the publication: https://doi.org/10.9750/issn.2056-7421.2023.102 Summary: Riddle’s…

Flues (D0192) and (D0194) taken from the north. (Ⓒ AOC Archaeology)

Just published: SAIR 101

12th December 2022 | Categories: Publications

The Society is pleased to announce the publication of a new Scottish Archaeological Internet Report, available now via the SAIR website. SAIR 101: The New Street Gasworks, Caltongate: archaeological investigation of a major power production complex in the heart of Edinburgh and its significance in the industrial development of Britain by Dawn McLaren, Mike Roy and Donald Wilson…

Double heart brooch by M Rettie & Sons, Aberdeen, c 1827–90, 67 × 50mm. (Image © National Museums Scotland)

Available now: PSAS 151

30th November 2022 | Categories: Publications

The Society is pleased to announce that Volume 151 of the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is now available online, with ten articles investigating a range of topics such as Grooved Ware, plaster ceiling motives, heart brooches, genealogy and museum history across Scotland: https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.151 Fellows can log in to read articles using the username:…

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New open access e-book: Rhum

11th November 2022 | Categories: Publications

The Society is pleased to announce the release of this title as an open access e-book, now available through the Open Access E-Books platform. Rhum: Mesolithic and Later Sites at Kinloch, Excavations 1984–86 by Caroline R Wickham-Jones Click here to access the e-book: https://doi.org/10.9750/9781908332295 This volume is the report of the archaeological excavations that took place on…

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New open access e-book: Anatomy of an Iron Age Roundhouse

30th September 2022 | Categories: Publications

The Society is pleased to announce the release of this title as an open access e-book, now available through the Open Access E-Books platform. Anatomy of an Iron Age Roundhouse: The Cnip Wheelhouse Excavations, Lewis by Ian Armit Click here to access the e-book: https://doi.org/10.9750/9781908332288 Wheelhouses were Iron Age buildings of great sophistication. Although found only in northern…

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