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Glasgow Archaeological Journal
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Glasgow Archaeological Journal
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Glasgow Archaeological Journal
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17
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1993
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Date Of Issue From: 1991 Date Of Issue To: 01
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20 Jan 2002
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The Early Christian inscriptions of southern Scotland
Charles Charles Thomas
1 - 10
The early inscribed stones of Scotland between the Walls are disproportionately significant, ranking among the few primary historical documents of the North British in post-Roman times. The thirteen examples can be dated from the mid-fifth to the early eighth centuries. All appear to be Christian with inscriptions in Latin. There are two groups, one from Galloway and the other further east. The stones are listed, their typology, content and epigraphy discussed, and their context and interpretation considered.
The use of wood as a natural resource at a Scottish Mesolithic site
W E Boyd
J B Kenworthy
11 - 23
The excavation of an archaeological site at Nethermills Farm, near Banchory, Kincardineshire, yielded Mesolithic material, including large quantities of carbonised wood and nut fragments. Their analysis indicates a marked predominance of oak. This probably means that wood was collected from local woodland in which oak was dominant. A similar pattern, in which wood use reflects local availability, has been seen at other Mesolithic sites and suggests that no resource management was practised at the time.
Excavation of a shell midden site at Carding Mill Bay near Oban, Scotland
K D Connock
Coralie M Mills
Bill Finlayson
25 - 38
Rescue excavation of a site at Carding Mill Bay near Oban, Argyll, which consisted of two main elements: a shell midden containing Obanian artefacts and, on top of this, a fragmentary second-millennium cist burial. The main significance of the site is the late date of about 5000 bp for the Obanian material, which suggests that these shell midden sites were in use at least up until the beginning of the Neolithic.<p>Includes specialist reports on `The human remains' by Daphne Home Lorimer (29, M 5--51), `The pottery' by Ann Morton (29), `Chipped stone' (31, M 52--8) and `Worked bone and antler' (33, M 59--73) by B Finlayson, `The marine molluscs' (34, M 74--89) by Nancy J Russell, `The animal bones' (34, M 90--7) by Sheila Hamilton-Dyer & Finbar McCormick, `The charred plant remains' (35, M 98--101) by Sheila Bordman, `The charcoal' (35, M 104--7) by B A Crone, and `The land snails' (35--6, M 108) by Stephen Carter.
The prehistoric occupation of Carradale, Kintyre
Stephen P Carter
39 - 52
A concentration of archaeological features at Achnasavil, Carradale, Argyll, which has been recorded since 1985, is being rapidly destroyed by river erosion. Limited excavations were carried out in 1991 in order to date and characterise the nature of the site. Four periods of activity have been identified: cultivation in the Neolithic period; occupation in the Early Bronze Age; domestic settlement in the Late Bronze Age; and Iron Age occupation. A programme of morphological mapping and dating of valley floor terraces in lower Carradale showed that the present day flood plain of the Carra Water was created by the early Neolithic period and the morphology of the valley floor has changed little since that time.
Pictish horse carvings
Irene Hughson
53 - 61
This paper examines the horse carvings on Class I and II Pictish sculptured stones and considers their reliability as evidence of the sort of horses and ponies available in the early historic period. An attempt is made to show that the availability in Britain of good-sized, high-quality riding horses during that period is not inconsistent with what is known of the development and distribution of different types of horses in prehistory. The importance of horses and ponies in early historic societies is stressed and inferences drawn about the agricultural economy that could support horses and the skilled specialists required to look after them.
Excavations at Glasgow Cathedral: a preliminary report on the archaeological discoveries made in 1992--93
Stephen T Driscoll
63 - 76
Extensive archaeological excavations were conducted in advance of the installation of a new heating and electrical system for -the Cathedral. Trenches were located where new ducts were to be installed below the floor in the nave, the choir, the crypt and the session room. These trenches produced evidence for both of the documented twelfth-century cathedrals which preceded the existing building. The early cathedrals were represented by in situ masonry and decorated fragments of masonry re-used in the thirteenth-century works. Traces of activity pre-dating the thirteenth century were discovered in the west end of the nave and structural evidence for the internal divisions of the post--Reformation use of the nave was also recovered. Seventy-seven burials were excavated and evidence for burial pre-dating the twelfth-century cathedral was recovered in the nave. Apart from architectural fragments and coffin fittings, finds were scarce. The most significant were two massive medieval bronze mortars and an iron pestle.
The Saracen Head excavation 1980--1981
Dave Pollock
77 - 89
The yard behind a tenement block on Gallowgate, Glasgow, was excavated for evidence of the eighteenth-century Saracen Head Inn and the sixteenth-century chapel of St Mungo. Remains of the inn were found, but the kirkyard of the chapel was not uncovered. A well, traditionally associated with St Mungo, cannot have existed in any form until the late medieval period. Earlier, the Poldrait Burn crossed the site and powered a watermill.
