Ancient Lives
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Ancient Lives provides new perspectives on object, people and place in early Scotland and beyond. The 19 papers cover topics ranging from the Neolithic to the Medieval period, and from modern museum practice to ancient craft skills. The material culture of ancient lives is centre stage - how it was created and used, how it was rediscovered and thought about, and how it is displayed. Dedicated to Professor David V Clarke, former Keeper of Archaeology in National Museums Scotland, on his 70th birthday, the book comprises three sections which reflect some of his many interests. "Presenting the…mehr

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Ancient Lives provides new perspectives on object, people and place in early Scotland and beyond. The 19 papers cover topics ranging from the Neolithic to the Medieval period, and from modern museum practice to ancient craft skills. The material culture of ancient lives is centre stage - how it was created and used, how it was rediscovered and thought about, and how it is displayed. Dedicated to Professor David V Clarke, former Keeper of Archaeology in National Museums Scotland, on his 70th birthday, the book comprises three sections which reflect some of his many interests. "Presenting the past" offers perspectives on current museum practice, especially in relation to archaeological displays. "Ancient lives and multiple lives" looks at antiquarian approaches to the Scottish past and the work of a Scottish antiquary abroad, while "Pieces of the past" offers a series of authoritative case-studies on Scottish artefacts, as well as papers on the iconic site of Skara Brae and on theimpact of the Roman world on Scotland. With subjects ranging from Gordon Childe to the Govan Stones and from gaming pieces to Grooved Ware, this scholarly and accessible volume provides a show-case of new information and new perspectives on material culture linked, but not limited to, Scotland. ContentsIntroduction: 'If I can put it like that...' - Alison Sheridan and Fraser HunterMuseums and their collections - Mark JonesPresenting someone else's past: the Caithness Broch Centre - Andrew HealdReading Govan Old: interpretative challenges and aspirations - Stephen T DriscollRobert Innes Shearer: a lost antiquary from Caithness - Stratford Halliday'Thanks to you the best has been made of a bad job': Vere Gordon Childe and the Bronze Age cairn at Ri Cruin, Kilmartin, Argyll & Bute - Trevor CowieMary Boyle (1881-1974): the Abbé Breuil's faithful fellow-worker - Alan SavilleEvidence and artefact: utility for protohistory and archaeology in Thomas the Rhymer legends - Hugh CheapeExpiscation! Disentangling the later biography of the St Andrews Sarcophagus - Sally M FosterScottish Neolithic pottery in 2016: the big picture and some details of the narrative - Alison SheridanSkara Brae life studies: overlaying the embedded images - Alexandra ShepherdThe earlier prehistoric collections from the Culbin Sands, northern Scotland: the construction of a narrative - Richard Bradley, Aaron Watson and Ronnie ScottThe provision of amulets and heirlooms in Early Bronze Age children's burials in Scotland - Dawn McLarenOn the edge: Roman law on the frontier - David J BreezeThe Colour Purple: lithomarge artefacts in northern Britain - Martin Goldberg'Coal money' from Portpatrick (south-west Scotland): reconstructing an Early Medieval craft centre from antiquarian finds - Fraser HunterSilver handpins from the West Country to Scotland: perplexing portable antiquities - Susan YoungsGleaming eyes and the elaboration of Anglo-Saxon sculpture - Alice BlackwellCombs and comb production in the Western Isles during the Norse period - Niall Sharples and Ian DennisPlaying the dark side: a look at some chess and other playing pieces of jet and jet-like materials from Britain - Mark A Hall
Autorenporträt
Dr Fraser Hunter is Principal Curator in the Department of Scottish History and Archaeology at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Fraser's research focuses on the Iron Age and Roman periods, and seeks to put Scottish finds into their European context.