Welcome to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland's online book collection, a new platform to host Open Access books on Scotland's past.
Spotlights
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Portmahomack on Tarbat Ness
SpotlightRead More“Martin Carver’s ten-year programme of excavations at Portmahomack has been in the vanguard of [Pictish Archaeology] research, and the publication of the culminating monograph represents a major landmark in Pictish studies. Overall this is an expertly crafted volume that does full justice to the spectacular sequence of archaeology unearthed at Portmahomack.”
– Dr Gabor Thomas, Antiquity (vol. 91)
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The Scottish Antiquarian Tradition
SpotlightRead MoreFor two hundred years the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland has remained a major guardian of the heritage of the nation in its museum and through the long series of publications by its members that record many of the major discoveries about the early history of Scotland. In 1980 the Society celebrated the bicentenary of its foundation by commissioning this series of essays dealing with its history as the premier Scottish archaeological and historical body.
