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Archaeology
This collection contains books on all aspects of archaeology from the paleolithic through to the Anglo-Saxon periods.
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The message of Scotland's symbol stones
PCD Ruthven Books
1996
A new interpretation of the symbols on Pictish stones.
Scotland before history
Edinburgh University Press
1982
A guide to prehistoric Scotland with a gazetteer of ancient monuments.
Ancient Europe from the beginnings of agriculture to classical antiquity: a survey
Edinburgh University Press
1967
Based on the Rhind lectures in archaeology given at the invitation of the Society of Antiquaries in Scotland.
The early prehistory of Scotland
Edinburgh University Press for the University of Glasgow
1996
Brings together twenty contributions on the Mesolithic in Scotland and Northern England.
Foul hordes : the Picts in the North-East and their background
University of Aberdeen, Anthropological Museum
1984
Published to accompany an exhibition on the Picts.
Meigle museum: Pictish carved stones
Historic Scotland
2002
A guide to 27 Pictish carved stones displayed in the old schoolhouse in Meigle.
Govan and its carved stones
Pinkfoot Press
1999
A guide to one of the largest collections of early Christian sculpture.
An Antonine fort: Golden Hill, Duntocher: an account of excavations carried out on the Antonine Wall and fort on Golden Hill, Duntocher Dunbartonshire
Published for The University of Glasgow by Oliver and Boyd
1957
Based on excavations at the fort in the 1940s.
The Antonine Wall: a handbook to the surviving remains
Glasgow Archaeological Society
1990
A guide to the wall and associated structures that formed the north-west frontier of the Roman Empire.
The Picts in Tayside
City of Dundee District Council
1980s
An introduction the Pictish sites and monuments in Tayside. Signed by the author.
Tutankhamen and the discovery of his tomb by the late Earl of Carnarvon and Mr Howard Carter
George Routledge & Sons, Ltd.
1923
Based on a series of contemporary articles written for The Daily Telegraph.
Standing with stones: a photographic journey through megalithic Britain and Ireland
Thames & Hudson
2009
A photographic record of over 100 megalithic sites.
Stonehenge today and yesterday
His Majesty's Stationery Office
1936
A guide to Stonehenge and associated ancient monuments.
Wessex before the Celts
Thames and Hudson
1963
A review of the early prehistory of Wessex.
Roads and tracks of Britain
J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd
1979
A survey of the development of roads and tracks from prehistoric to post-mediaeval times.
Megalithic sites in Britain
Clarendon Press
1967
The ground-breaking study based on an analysis of over 500 megalithic sites.
Archaic rock inscriptions: an account of the cup and ring markings on the sculptured stones of the old and new worlds
A. Reader
1891
A discussion of different types of ancient rock markings.
Stonehenge and its environs: monuments and land use
Edinburgh University Press
1979
Based on a review of ancient monuments in an area of around 13 square miles around Stonehenge.
Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the County of Berwick
His Majesty's Stationery Office
1915
A guide to the ancient monuments of Berwickshire. From the library of Scottish scholar and senior Church of Scotland clergyman James Hutchison Cockburn.
The problem of the Picts
Melven Press
1980
An assessment of the Picts by six contributors, looking at art, archaeology and language.
The old straight track: its mounds, beacons, moats, sites, and mark stones
Methuen & Co. Ltd.
1948
Discusses whether it is a humanly designed fact or a coincidence that mounds, moats, beacons, and mark stones fall into straight lines.
The ley hunter's manual: a guide to early tracks
Watkins Meter Co.
1927
A guide to ancient tracks and ley lines.
The Cornovii
Alan Sutton
1991
A study of one of the less well-known tribes of Roman Britain.
The Piltdown forgery
Geoffrey Cumberlege
1955
Written by one of the scientists whose investigations exposed the Piltdown hoax.
