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Claish, stirling: an early Neolithic structure in its context

The excavation of a long timber-built structure of the early Neolithic near Callander (formerly Perthshire, now Stirling Council area) is described. The remains appear to be those of a structure…

Discovering the Archaeologists of Europe 2012-14: Transnational Report

Kenneth Aitchison, Efthymia Alphas, Vera Ameels, Martin Bentz, Corina Borș, Elisa Cella, Kerri Cleary, Claudia Costa, Paul Damian, Mariana Diniz, Cidalia Duarte, Jan Frolik, Carolina Grilo,…

Colouring the past: the significance of colour in archaeological research

Description: Colour shapes our world in profound, if sometimes subtle, ways. It helps us to classify, form opinions, and make aesthetic and emotional judgements. Colour operates in every culture as a…

Making sense of the past in the present: A sensory analysis of carved stone balls

This paper studies a particular type of carved stone ball in order to highlight several issues that pertain to the interpretation of material culture in general. The historical tendency to consider…
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Place and Memory: Excavations at the Pict's Knowe, Holywood and Holm Farm, Dumfries and Galloway, 1994–8 By Julian Thomas. Pp 320. Monochrome illustrations, 8 colour plates. ISBN 978 1 84217 247 6…

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Excavation of an urned cremation burial of the Bronze Age, Glennan, Argyll and Bute

As part of the Historic Scotland Human Remains Call Off Contract, Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD) undertook an archaeological excavation of a prehistoric urned cremation…
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Excavation of an Iron Age burial mound, Loch Borralie, Durness, Sutherland

As part of the Historic Scotland Human Remains Call Off Contract, Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD) undertook an archaeological evaluation of the find spot of a human skull…
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Excavations on the Leven, Loudoun Hill, Ayrshire, 1993

Rescue excavations at Loudoun Hill Quarry revealed the remains of timber structures, defined as pits and postholes in the subsoil. A primary phase of activity was represented by two pits which are…
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Big pit, little pit, big pit, little pit…:: Pit practices in Western Scotland in the 4th millennium BC

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Forest grazing and seaweed foddering: early Neolithic occupation at Maybole, South Ayrshire

A group of Early Neolithic features, probably related to the cooking of food, was excavated by Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD) near Maybole, South Ayrshire. Particularly…
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