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Current Archaeol 13 (3)
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Title:
Current Archaeol 13 (3)
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Series:
Current Archaeology
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Volume:
13 (3)
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Publication Type:
Journal
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Year of Publication:
1996
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Date Of Issue From: 1996
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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Created Date:
20 Jan 2002
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The Udal
Iain A Crawford
84 - 94
Complex stratified sites, described as tells, have been found in North Uist. Although the documentary history of the Isles begins in 1469, this has been extended backwards throughout the Viking and Gaelic periods into prehistory. the results of excavation and documentary research into the postmedieval settlement pattern is also included.
Science diary
John Musty
95 - 97
Short notes on the abolition of the Science-Based Archaeology Committee and the new arrangements for science-based archaeology within the Natural Environment Research Council; the comparison of the results of dendrochronology from two different laboratories; provenancing obsidian; climatic change; Neanderthal finds from Syria and the former-Yugoslavia; new find sites in central Africa for early hominids; chlorine -36 dates for the Stonehenge bluestones; clay sources for Samian pottery; and bog bodies.
Druim Dubh
Ron Curtis
Margaret Curtis
98 - 99
The discovery and excavation of a stone circle near Stornoway is described. The sixteen megaliths are arranged in an elliptical shape.
A face from the past
Iain MacLeod
Trevor G Cowie
100 - 101
Terracotta reconstruction of the head of a Bronze Age man from the Isle of Lewis. Although he had suffered facial injuries the wounds had healed, but are thought to have left severe scarring.
Diary
102 - 103
Notes on the landscapes and placenames of the Western Isles; the British Archaeological Awards; the Treasure bill and a list of local events and lectures.
The Callanish Project and the Valtos Peninsula
Dennis W Harding
104 - 113
An account of activities conducted from the University of Edinburgh's field research centre on the Isle of Lewis. Following the construction of a visitor centre a programme of survey and excavation was undertaken. An Iron Age defensive site, known as a broch, has been excavated at Loch na Berie and an island dun - another defensive structure on an island in a loch approached by a causeway - at Loch Varavat. A wheelhouse - or undefended, partly underground settlement - was also excavated at Cnip.
A kerb cairn at Callanish (Calanais)
Tim Neighbour
116 - 117
Described as one of the more controversial excavations in the Western Isles a road straightening project revealed a hitherto unknown kerb cairn. This lies a mile away from the standing stones, but is aligned straight down the main avenue of them.
