Shepherd, I. A G. and Barclay, G. J., eds. (2004). Scotland in Ancient Europe. Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

Overview of Piggott's career and personal life, quoting extensively from his poetry.

Argues that the narratives used to describe Neolithic Scotland are all invented elsewhere, often in England, and that Scotland has generally been treated in an overly-homogeneous fashion in these narratives. Uses various case-studies to illustrate the issues arising from this.

Considers the impact of climate change as a stress on Neolithic and Bronze Age communities, reviewing the evidence for intensifying climatic variability and extremes during this period and suggesting that socio-economic transformations were influenced by these stresses.

Examines shifts in material culture and in the definition of place through subsistence practice and architecture to discuss what 'the start of the Neolithic in Scotland' was.

Overview of settlement during the later sixth and fifth millennia BC.

Looks at Scottish monuments within their European context.

Discusses the possible meanings of the high levels of visibility of many Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments within the landscape. Briefly discusses the later visibility/invisibility of these sites and the effects this has had on our conceptions of this period of history.

Assesses the direction that research on Scottish Early Bronze Age funerary rites has taken in recent years, and compares and contrasts these briefly with contemporary burial practices in neighbouring areas of north-west Europe.

Overview of early copper and gold artefacts found in Scotland.

Discusses the Migdale-Marnoch tradition of bronze-working, reviewing the existing literature, then discussing the various categories of artefact (flat axes, flat riveted daggers, halberds, bracelets, and stone casting moulds). The cultural background of the tradition is discussed, as are the possible ideological underpinnings of the use of tin.

Summarises the results of a current National Museums of Scotland-lead collaborative project on Early Bonze Age faience jewellery in Britain, Ireland and adjacent areas of mainland north-west Europe, attempting to demonstrate that the use of this material in Scotland can only be understood by examining the social and economic dynamics of a much larger area. Also attempts to correct the misconception that faience was introduced to Britain around 1400BC by 18th-Dynasty Egyptian or Mycenaean traders.

Discusses the doors in their architectural and historical context.

Presents papers from a 2003 conference dedicated to the memory of Stuart Piggott (1910-1996). PP-B