News  |  Posted June 25, 2024

Published: SAIR 106

The Society is pleased to announce the publication of a new Scottish Archaeological Internet Report, available now via the SAIR website. SAIR 106: Cowhides and motorcars: the history of Beaverbank Tannery by Morag Cross, Magnar Dalland and Debora Moretti Click here to view the publication: doi.org/10.9750/issn.2056-7421.2024.106 Summary: The proposed development at Beaverbank Place, Canonmills, Edinburgh led to the excavation of the remains …

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Published: SAIR 106

The Society is pleased to announce the publication of a new Scottish Archaeological Internet Report, available now via the SAIR website. SAIR 106: Cowhides and motorcars: the history of Beaverbank Tannery by Morag Cross, Magnar Dalland and Debora Moretti Click here to view the publication: doi.org/10.9750/issn.2056-7421.2024.106 Summary: The proposed development at Beaverbank Place, Canonmills, Edinburgh led to the excavation of the remains …

News  |  Posted April 3, 2024

New open access e-book: The Lands of Ancient Lothian

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 Lands of Ancient Lothian: Interpreting the Archaeology of the A1 by Olivia Lelong and Gavin MacGregor Click here to access the e-book: https://doi.org/10.9750/9781908332332 From 2001 to 2004, a programme of archaeological work was conducted during upgrading of …

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New open access e-book: The Lands of Ancient Lothian

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 Lands of Ancient Lothian: Interpreting the Archaeology of the A1 by Olivia Lelong and Gavin MacGregor Click here to access the e-book: https://doi.org/10.9750/9781908332332 From 2001 to 2004, a programme of archaeological work was conducted during upgrading of …

News  |  Posted January 23, 2024

New open access e-book: On the Fringe of Neolithic Europe

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. On the Fringe of Neolithic Europe: Excavation of a Chambered Cairn on the Holm of Papa Westray, Orkney by Anna Ritchie Click here to access the e-book: https://doi.org/10.9750/9781908332318 The stalled cairn of Holm of Papa Westray North (OR K 21) …

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New open access e-book: On the Fringe of Neolithic Europe

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. On the Fringe of Neolithic Europe: Excavation of a Chambered Cairn on the Holm of Papa Westray, Orkney by Anna Ritchie Click here to access the e-book: https://doi.org/10.9750/9781908332318 The stalled cairn of Holm of Papa Westray North (OR K 21) …

News  |  Posted December 19, 2023

New open access e-book: The Moon and the Bonfire

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 Moon and the Bonfire: An Investigation of Three Stone Circles in North-East Scotland by Richard Bradley Click here to access the e-book: https://doi.org/10.9750/9781908332325 This volume presents the result of three excavations and two field walking surveys in Aberdeenshire. …

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New open access e-book: The Moon and the Bonfire

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 Moon and the Bonfire: An Investigation of Three Stone Circles in North-East Scotland by Richard Bradley Click here to access the e-book: https://doi.org/10.9750/9781908332325 This volume presents the result of three excavations and two field walking surveys in Aberdeenshire. …

News  |  Posted December 14, 2023

Published: SAIR 105

The Society is pleased to announce the publication of a new Scottish Archaeological Internet Report, available now via the SAIR website. SAIR 105: Hume Village and Castle: the setting of a late medieval stronghold and post medieval folly in the Scottish Borders by Ian Hill and Michelle Gamble with contributions from Derek Hall, George Haggarty, K Robin Murdoch, Fraser Hunter, Calum Robertson, …

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Published: SAIR 105

The Society is pleased to announce the publication of a new Scottish Archaeological Internet Report, available now via the SAIR website. SAIR 105: Hume Village and Castle: the setting of a late medieval stronghold and post medieval folly in the Scottish Borders by Ian Hill and Michelle Gamble with contributions from Derek Hall, George Haggarty, K Robin Murdoch, Fraser Hunter, Calum Robertson, …

News  |  Posted November 30, 2023

Available now: PSAS 152

The Society is pleased to announce that Volume 152 of the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is now available online, with fifteen articles on topics such as small socketed axeheads, medieval crusading, Scottish diaspora, surgical instrument makers and ancient Egyptian Treasure Trove artefacts: https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.152   Please see the Table of Contents for this year’s Proceedings below and follow the links to read the articles. The full backlist of issues can be explored via our journal …

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Available now: PSAS 152

The Society is pleased to announce that Volume 152 of the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is now available online, with fifteen articles on topics such as small socketed axeheads, medieval crusading, Scottish diaspora, surgical instrument makers and ancient Egyptian Treasure Trove artefacts: https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.152   Please see the Table of Contents for this year’s Proceedings below and follow the links to read the articles. The full backlist of issues can be explored via our journal …

News  |  Posted November 21, 2023

Published: SAIR 104

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 Summary: Archaeological investigations undertaken by …

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Published: SAIR 104

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 Summary: Archaeological investigations undertaken by …

News  |  Posted November 20, 2023

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

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 by curators as a ‘masterpiece …

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

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 by curators as a ‘masterpiece …

News  |  Posted May 26, 2023

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

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 south-east Scotland investigating the nature …

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

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 south-east Scotland investigating the nature …

News  |  Posted April 28, 2023

New open access e-book: Antonine Wall

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 since its construction by …

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New open access e-book: Antonine Wall

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 since its construction by …