Excavation of an Early Bronze Age cemetery and other sites a the West Water Reservoir, West Linton, Scottish Borders
An Early Bronze Age flat cist cemetery was excavated after it was exposed by reservoir erosion. Nine surviving cists were found, containing a mixture of inhumations and cremations. Grave goods…
Cist burials and an Iron Age settlement at Dryburn Bridge, Innerwick, East Lothian
- A. Dunwell, B. Finlayson, J. Thoms
- HistoryScottish Archaeological Internet Reports
- 1 September 2007
This report provides an account of the excavations of a cropmark enclosure and other prehistoric remains at Dryburn Bridge, near Innerwick in East Lothian (NGR: NT 724 755). The excavations were…
The Carnyx in Iron Age Europe
- F. Hunter
- HistoryThe Antiquaries Journal
- 1 September 2001
This paper reviews the evidence for the carnyx, the Iron Age animal-headed horn, in its European setting. The starting point is the head from Deskford, north-east Scotland: the results of recent work…
Roman and native in Scotland: new approaches
- F. Hunter
- HistoryJournal of Roman Archaeology
- 2001
Roman-native relationships have been an active topic of debate for many years, and interest shows no signs of abating. However, in the three decades since the last major survey of the Scottish data…
Worked bone and antler
- F. Hunter
- Art
- 1 December 2013
Sections:
10.3.1 Introduction; 10.3.2 Sources of raw materials; 10.3.3 Working evidence; 10.3.4 Production technology and its development; 10.3.5 Object range (Tools, Ornaments, Weaponry, Fixtures…
A 5th Century bc Iron Age Chariot Burial from Newbridge, Edinburgh
- S. Carter, F. Hunter, Tony Swiss
- GeographyProceedings of the Prehistoric Society
- 2010
The remains of the first Iron Age chariot burial in Britain outside Yorkshire were discovered during the winter of 2000–1, near the Bronze Age burial mound of Huly Hill, at Newbridge, Edinburgh.…
Artefacts, regions, and identities in the northern British Iron Age
- F. Hunter
- History
- 20 December 2006
Excavation of a burnt mound at Meur, Sanday, Orkney
- Ronan Toolis, R. Cerón-Carrasco, Catherine Smith
- History
- 1 March 2007
In early 2005 a cluster of orthostat stones was exposed by coastal erosion at Meur, Sanday, Orkney. The excavation revealed a stone trough within the centre of an open space defined by walls. It was…
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