News  |  Posted January 4, 2017

Three new SAIR papers now available

We’re pleased to start 2017 with three new Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports, available now through ADS. The latest papers to be added to our Open Access collection, which publishes significant excavation reports and large-scale surveys, present the results of an extensive sequence of archaeological investigations from the landscape of Loch Tay; the discovery of two Early Bronze Age cists near Stonehaven; and …

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Three new SAIR papers now available

We’re pleased to start 2017 with three new Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports, available now through ADS. The latest papers to be added to our Open Access collection, which publishes significant excavation reports and large-scale surveys, present the results of an extensive sequence of archaeological investigations from the landscape of Loch Tay; the discovery of two Early Bronze Age cists near Stonehaven; and …

News  |  Posted December 9, 2016

Available Now! Three new SAIR papers

We are pleased to announce that three new Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports are now available, Open Access, through ADS. SAIR publishes and records significant excavation reports and large-scale surveys on a Trusted Data Repository, ensuring current and future access to this important material. The latest collection presents findings from excavations in Edinburgh, Argyll and Forres. For more details, and to …

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Available Now! Three new SAIR papers

We are pleased to announce that three new Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports are now available, Open Access, through ADS. SAIR publishes and records significant excavation reports and large-scale surveys on a Trusted Data Repository, ensuring current and future access to this important material. The latest collection presents findings from excavations in Edinburgh, Argyll and Forres. For more details, and to …

News  |  Posted November 24, 2016

Available Now! PSAS 145

The Society is pleased to announce that Volume 145 of the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is available now to Fellows via ADS. We are also delighted that this year’s journal contains four Gold Open Access papers, which are available to all. Please see the Table of Contents for this year’s Proceedings below, and follow the links …

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Available Now! PSAS 145

The Society is pleased to announce that Volume 145 of the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is available now to Fellows via ADS. We are also delighted that this year’s journal contains four Gold Open Access papers, which are available to all. Please see the Table of Contents for this year’s Proceedings below, and follow the links …

News  |  Posted November 15, 2016

Scottish History Society publications free to view

The Scottish History Society, in collaboration with the National Library of Scotland, have made sources available that are vital to the study, writing and teaching of Scotland’s history.  Containing more than 180 volumes in total, the six series cover all periods from the 12th to the 20th centuries and a very wide range of topics.  Six series of digitised volumes …

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Scottish History Society publications free to view

The Scottish History Society, in collaboration with the National Library of Scotland, have made sources available that are vital to the study, writing and teaching of Scotland’s history.  Containing more than 180 volumes in total, the six series cover all periods from the 12th to the 20th centuries and a very wide range of topics.  Six series of digitised volumes …

News  |  Posted October 25, 2016

Open Access Week and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Open Access Week, now in its eighth year, is taking place this year from October 24th-30th. The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland fully supports Open Access publication. This is because we want our authors’ research to reach as wide an audience as possible, and our readers to have free access to as much of our books and journals content as …

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Open Access Week and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Open Access Week, now in its eighth year, is taking place this year from October 24th-30th. The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland fully supports Open Access publication. This is because we want our authors’ research to reach as wide an audience as possible, and our readers to have free access to as much of our books and journals content as …

News  |  Posted August 26, 2016

Newly released: Future Thinking on Carved Stones in Scotland

The latest report to be added to the ScARF family is Future Thinking on Carved Stones in Scotland. This freely available resource was created by Dr Sally Foster (University of Stirling) and Dr Katherine Forsyth (University of Glasgow), with co-authors Dr Susan Buckham (University of Stirling) and Dr Stuart Jeffrey (Glasgow School of Art), although over 50 authors contributed  to the overall …

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Newly released: Future Thinking on Carved Stones in Scotland

The latest report to be added to the ScARF family is Future Thinking on Carved Stones in Scotland. This freely available resource was created by Dr Sally Foster (University of Stirling) and Dr Katherine Forsyth (University of Glasgow), with co-authors Dr Susan Buckham (University of Stirling) and Dr Stuart Jeffrey (Glasgow School of Art), although over 50 authors contributed  to the overall …

News  |  Posted August 17, 2016

Come and buy our books at the Edinburgh International Book Festival

We are pleased to announce that a selection of our titles is available at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. If you are in Edinburgh this month, do drop by the festival bookshop and see first-hand our latest publications, including Bearsden: A Roman Fort on the Antonine Wall, Portmahomack on Tarbat Ness: Changing Ideologies in North-east Scotland, Sixth to Sixteenth Century …

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Come and buy our books at the Edinburgh International Book Festival

We are pleased to announce that a selection of our titles is available at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. If you are in Edinburgh this month, do drop by the festival bookshop and see first-hand our latest publications, including Bearsden: A Roman Fort on the Antonine Wall, Portmahomack on Tarbat Ness: Changing Ideologies in North-east Scotland, Sixth to Sixteenth Century …

News  |  Posted June 3, 2016

Bearsden: a Roman fort on the Antonine Wall published

The demolition of Victorian villas in the 1970s led to the excavation of the Roman fort at Bearsden, near Glasgow, on the Antonine Wall, and the discovery of a Roman bath-house and latrine.  This new publication from the Society, by Professor David Breeze, was launched in the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow and is now on sale in our online shop! …

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Bearsden: a Roman fort on the Antonine Wall published

The demolition of Victorian villas in the 1970s led to the excavation of the Roman fort at Bearsden, near Glasgow, on the Antonine Wall, and the discovery of a Roman bath-house and latrine.  This new publication from the Society, by Professor David Breeze, was launched in the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow and is now on sale in our online shop! …

News  |  Posted May 31, 2016

Job Opportunity: we’re looking for a new Managing Editor

We’re looking for a highly motivated individual to take overarching responsibility for the management, design, production and marketing of a mix of print and online archaeology and history resources. This varied position offers excellent breadth of experience in all aspects of academic publishing in an exciting forward-thinking environment. The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is an independent charity registered in …

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Job Opportunity: we’re looking for a new Managing Editor

We’re looking for a highly motivated individual to take overarching responsibility for the management, design, production and marketing of a mix of print and online archaeology and history resources. This varied position offers excellent breadth of experience in all aspects of academic publishing in an exciting forward-thinking environment. The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is an independent charity registered in …

News  |  Posted April 14, 2016

Publications: Increasing the visibility of Society collections

The Publications department at the Society recently made a successful funding bid to Publishing Scotland as part of their ‘Go-Digital’ Fund. This will allow the Society to use their out-of-print books, which are currently hosted on the Archaeology Data Service servers as PDF files, as a pilot project for bringing the content of archived publications back to the Society’s own …

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Publications: Increasing the visibility of Society collections

The Publications department at the Society recently made a successful funding bid to Publishing Scotland as part of their ‘Go-Digital’ Fund. This will allow the Society to use their out-of-print books, which are currently hosted on the Archaeology Data Service servers as PDF files, as a pilot project for bringing the content of archived publications back to the Society’s own …