The "committed wetlanders" write with enthusiasm and passion about these damp places they have made their own. In part a testimony to the contribution of wetland archaeology, the authors trace its history through the major landmarks. Their own renowned excavations, such as the Glastonbury lake village and the Somerset sweet track, are set within a global context. The variety of finds and detailed reconstructions with which the book is illustrated bear witness to the unique richness of wetland sites. Yet it also contains a desperate note at a time when discoveries are getting rarer and mechanical extraction more fierce. Positive proposals are put forward in the form of strategies for surveyng, protection and management. Engaging, informative, well-presented and written in a vigorous, lively style.

Enlarging the Past: The Contribution of Wetland Archaeology (Wetland Archaeological Research Project/Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Monograph , No 11)

History

Coles, Bryony

Coles, John

Europe

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Cleaven Dyke was for some centuries identified as a Roman construction. However, the authors' surveys and excavations strongly suggest that it was built as part of the Neolithic cursus monument tradition. The volume presents the comprehensive results of their study, showing in detail the segmented nature of the Dyke's construction, its alignment and the palaeoenvironmental evidence for the surrounding landscape. In addition the nearby recitlinear timber enclosure of Littleour is also described.

The Cleaven Dyke and Littleour: Monuments in the Neolithic of Tayside

Maxwell, Gordon S

Barclay, G.

The Scottish Glassmaking Industry 1610-1750 (Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Monograph)

Business & Money

Jill Turnbull

Economics

Spynie Palace and the Bishops of Moray (New England Monographs in Geography)

Kings and Warriors, Craftsmen and Priests in Northern Britain, Ad 550-850 (Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Monograph)

Alcock, Leslie

Carpow in Context: A Late Bronze Age Logboat from the Tay

Politics & Social Sciences

Strachan, David

Archaeology

Abbotsford and Sir Walter Scott: The Image and the Influence

Brown, Iain Gordon

Literature & Fiction

The Declaration of Arbroath took the form of a letter or petition sent from the Scottish nobles to Pope John XXII, dated April 6th 1320. In it the nobles argued for their claim to independence and sovereignty under Robert the Bruce, promising obedience and allegiance, and requesting to be left alone by the English. This famous document was not only significant in medieval times but it is said to have been the model for the American Declaration of Independence, bringing its importance and relevance up to the present day. These seven essays are taken from a conference held in Arbroath in 3000 with contributors discussing the Declaration from historical, ideological, architectural and environmental perspectives. The book opens with an English translation of the original Latin version of the Declaration.

The Declaration of Abroath: History, Significance, Setting

Barrow, Geoffrey

<p>In 1999 the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland organised a conference in Edinburgh in 1999 in order to raise the profile of the Mesolithic in Scotland whilst stressing its place within the wider context of Mesolithic archaeology in northern Europe. This volume presents the proceedings. Twenty-three papers focus in turn on Scotland and its setting, the archaeology of Scotland, Britain and Ireland and northern Europe. Drawing on the latest archaeological and environmental evidence, the papers discuss, for example: Scotland's physical environment after the ice; vegetation change in the early Holocene; mammals and Mesolithic middens; early foragers; coastal occupation; material culture; structural evidence; the Mesolithic on the Isle of Man; the Mesolithic in Ireland, Wales and England; burials and cemeteries in southern Scandinavia; Danish shell middens; the material culture of southern Norway; peat-bog sites in Poland. Each section is followed by a discussion.</p>

Mesolithic Scotland and Its Neighbours: The Early Holocene Prehistory of Scotland, its British and Irish Context and Some Northern European Perspectives

Saville, Alan

Ancient Civilizations

Early Medieval Sculpture in the West Highlands and Islands

Ian Fisher

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