The Scottish enlightenment abroad : the Russells of Braidshaw in Aleppo and on the coast of Coromandel /
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In The Scottish Enlightenment Abroad , Janet Starkey examines the lives and works of Scots working in the mid eighteenth century with the Levant Company in Aleppo, then within the Ottoman Empire; and those working with the East India Company in India, especially in the fields of natural history, medicine, ethnography and the collection of Arabic and Persian manuscripts. The focus is on brothers from Edinburgh: Alexander Russell MD FRS, Patrick Russell MD FRS, Claud Russell and William Russell FRS. By examining a wide range of modern interpretations, Starkey argues that the Scottish Enlightenment was not just a philosophical discourse but a multi-faceted cultural revolution that owed its vibrancy to ties of kinship, and to strong commercial and intellectual links with Europe and further abroad.
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1 online resource (xvi, 467 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9789004362130 :
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The circular archetype in microcosm : the carved stone balls of late Neolithic Scotland /
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This study is the culmination of seven years research into the Carved Stone Balls of Late Neolithic Scotland. It is the first study of these enigmatic artefacts since that undertaken by Dorothy Marshall in 1977 and includes all currently known examples in both museums and private hands, described and analysed in considerable detail.
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Also issued in print: 2022.
"This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License"--Title page verso.
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1 online resource (xiv, 366 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) :
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The evolution of Neolithic and Bronze Age landscapes : from Danubian longhouses to the stone rows of Dartmoor and Northern Scotland /
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At the heart of this book is a comparative study of the stone rows of Dartmoor and northern Scotland, a rare, putatively Bronze Age megalithic typology that has mystified archaeologists for over a century. It is argued that these are 'symbols' of Neolithic long mounds, a circumstance that accounts for the interregional similarities; other aspects of their semantic structures are also analysed using rigorous semiotic theory. The research presented here takes an evolutionary approach, drawing on biological theory to explain the active role of these monuments in social evolution and to investigate the processes at work in the development of prehistoric landscapes.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781784910013 (PDF ebook) :
Playing with things : the archaeology, anthropology and ethnography of human-object interactions in Atlantic Scotland /
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Represents a reappraisal of the relationship between play - an activity which is most often understood in terms of something 'set apart' - and everyday life. Via a series of archaeological, anthropological and ethnographic investigations, it leads towards the conclusion that play is not in fact so separate as is often assumed.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (vi, 150 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781789690767 (ebook) :
Early medieval settlement in upland Perthshire : excavations at Lair, Glen Shee 2012-17 /
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Archaeological evidence for settlement and land use in early medieval Scottish upland landscapes remains largely undiscovered. This study records only the second excavation of one important and distinctive house form, the Pitcarmicktype building, in the hills of north-east Perth and Kinross. Excavation of seven turf buildings at Lair in Glen Shee has confirmed the introduction of Pitcarmick buildings in the early 7th century AD. Clusters of these at Lair, and elsewhere in the hills, are interpreted as integrated, spatially organised farm complexes comprising byre-houses and outbuildings.
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1 online resource (202 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781789693164 (PDF ebook) :
Pits and boots : excavation of medieval and post-medieval backlands under the Bon Accord Centre, Aberdeen /
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Excavations in 2007-8, ahead of an extension to the Bon Accord Centre in Aberdeen, uncovered backlands that would have formed part of the industrial quarter of the medieval town. The excavation charts the changing nature of the area, from an industrial zone in the medieval period, to horticultural and domestic spaces in post-medieval times.
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Also issued in print: 2021.
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"This publication is made available in Open Access through funding by AOC Archaeology Group"--Title page verso. :
1 online resource (xii, 352 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781789694888 (PDF ebook) : :
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White Castle : the evaluation of an upstanding prehistoric enclosure in East Lothian /
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This publication describes the results of a four-year research programme of archaeological works (2010-2013), at the later prehistoric enclosure of White Castle, East Lothian. The excavations demonstrated a clear sequence of enclosure development over time, whereby the design and visual impact often appeared to be more important than defence alone.
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1 online resource (iii, 99 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour). :
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9781789699319 (PDF ebook) : :
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Frontiers of the Roman Empire = Grenzen des Römischen Reiches : the Antonine Wall = Der Antoninus Wall : a World Heritage Site /
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The Antonine Wall lay at the very extremity of the Roman world. This volume, presented in English and German, presents a concise introduction to the wall which is, in many ways, one of the most developed frontier in Europe. Perhaps of greatest significance is the survival of the collection of Roman military sculpture, the Distance Slabs.
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This edition also issued in print: 2022.
Previous edition: 2009. :
1 online resource (76 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) :
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9781789699968 (PDF ebook) :
Reindeer hunters at Howburn Farm, South Lanarkshire : a late Hamburgian settlement in Southern Scotland - its lithic artefacts and natural environment /
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This volume presents the lithic assemblage from Howburn in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, which at present is the oldest prehistoric settlement in Scotland (12,700-12,000 BC), and the only Hamburgian settlement in Britain. The site also included a scatter from the Late Upper Palaeolithic Federmesser-Gruppen period (12,000-10,800 BC), as well as lithics from the Mesolithic, Neolithic and Early Bronze Age. The text focuses on the Hamburgian finds, which are mainly based on the exploitation of flint from Doggerland, the then dry bed of the North Sea.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (xx, 124 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781784919023 (ebook) :
Tentsmuir : ten thousand years of environmental history /
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Tentsmuir, North East Fife, has seen human activity for over 10,000 years. The area provides a natural refuge for a wide range of plants, resident and migrating birds, and an array of animal and insect life. This text investigates how plant and animal communities are constantly reacting to the environmental changes common to the region.
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Previously issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (vi, 190 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
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9781789691252 (ebook) :
Life on the edge : the Neolithic and Bronze Age of Iain Crawford's Udal, North Uist /
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Excavations in North Uist dating from 1974-1984 identified two cists with human remains in kerbed cairns, many bowl pits dug into the blown sand, two late Neolithic structures and a ritual complex.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (xxxii, 270 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
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9781784917715 (ebook) :
Roots of nationhood : the archaeology and history of Scotland /
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12 papers from specialists covering a wide array of time periods and subject areas, this volume explores the links between identity and nationhood throughout the history of Scotland from the prehistory of northern Britain to the more recent heralding of Scottish identity as a multi-ethnic construction and the possibility of Scottish independence.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (ii, 210 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781784919832 (ebook) :
Art and architecture in Neolithic Orkney : process, temporality and context /
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This text offers a groundbreaking analysis of Neolithic art and architecture in Orkney, focusing upon the incredible collection of hundreds of decorated stones being revealed by the current excavations at the Ness of Brodgar.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
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9781784914349 (ebook) :
Brochs and the empire : the impact of Rome on Iron Age Scotland as seen in the Leckie Broch excavations /
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Excavations of the Leckie Iron Age broch in Stirlingshire, Scotland, reflect the expansion of the Roman Empire into southern Scotland in the late first century AD.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
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9781784914417 (ebook) :
Bearsden : the story of a Roman fort /
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This accessible account of the discoveries at the Roman fort at Bearsden examines the process of archaeological excavation, the life of the soldiers at the fort based on the results of the excavation as well as material from elsewhere in the Roman Empire.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) :
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9781784914912 (ebook) :