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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 …

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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 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 …

News  |  Posted June 15, 2022

New open access e-book: Darkness Visible

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. Darkness Visible: The Sculptor’s Cave, Covesea, from the Bronze Age to the Picts by Ian Armit and Lindsey Büster Click here to access the e-book: https://doi.org/10.9750/9781908332233 The Sculptor’s Cave is one of the most enigmatic prehistoric sites in Britain. Excavated in the …

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New open access e-book: Darkness Visible

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. Darkness Visible: The Sculptor’s Cave, Covesea, from the Bronze Age to the Picts by Ian Armit and Lindsey Büster Click here to access the e-book: https://doi.org/10.9750/9781908332233 The Sculptor’s Cave is one of the most enigmatic prehistoric sites in Britain. Excavated in the …

News  |  Posted September 9, 2019

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland launches a free Digital Books platform

We’ve launched a new online platform to make peer-reviewed academic books about Scottish archaeology and history freely available. The first two titles available through Open Access are Portmahomack on Tarbat Ness (Carver et al., 2016) and The Scottish Antiquarian Tradition (Bell, 1981). Portmahomack on Tarbat Ness presents recent archaeological discoveries in one of the key centres of the Pictish nation, and …

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Society of Antiquaries of Scotland launches a free Digital Books platform

We’ve launched a new online platform to make peer-reviewed academic books about Scottish archaeology and history freely available. The first two titles available through Open Access are Portmahomack on Tarbat Ness (Carver et al., 2016) and The Scottish Antiquarian Tradition (Bell, 1981). Portmahomack on Tarbat Ness presents recent archaeological discoveries in one of the key centres of the Pictish nation, and …

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 …