Howburn – Sediment Coring and the significance of stratigraphy beneath Strathbogie Plantation
With the Howburn archaeological site now shown to be the oldest open-air site in Scotland, dating to the last phases of the last glacial...
Tobacco Pipes Specialist Report
During the course of excavating on post medieval sites, especially bastle houses and 17th and 18th century settlements, a large collection of tobacco pipe...
Sediment core labratory analysis 2
Developments in understanding the ice age lake sediments from Loch Howburn
by Richard Tipping, 31 July 2010
In the last report (Sediment Core Analysis 1), I...
Sediment core labratory analysis 1
Labratory analysis of the sediments from the Priest's Well Basin, Elsrickle
by Richard Tipping, 2 March 2010
A lot of work since November 2009 has shown...
Lipid analysis of impressed and grooved ware sherds from Melbourne excavation
Impressed and grooved ware sherds found at Melbourne excavations have been analysed.
Some of the impressed and grooved ware sherds we found in our excavations...
Biggar Pitchstone Report – Archaeological Pitchstone in Northern Britain
The pitchstone finds and assemblages from our various projects now constitute the largest collection of pitchstone from a single area in Scotland outwith Arran...
Bottle Report – The collections of excavated glass from Glenochar and Smithwood bastle houses
We now have the second bottle and glass report by Robin Murdoch of Edinburgh, on the assemblage from our latest bastle house excavation.
This is...