Going over Old Ground - Perspectives on archaeological geophysical and geochemical survey in Scotland. Proceedings of a conference held at the Department of Archaeology, University of Glasgow, Scotland, August 2003 (Paperback)


22 papers from the conference aeGoing over Old Ground: Perspectives on Archaeological, Geophysical and Geochemical Survey in ScotlandAe, held at the Department of Archaeology, University of Glasgow, Scotland, August 2003. Contents: (1) The Scottish Archaeological Geophysics Database - some preliminary findings (Christine Rennie); (2) Recent geophysical surveys at Roman forts in Central Scotland (Richard Jones, Alan Leslie and Paul Johnson, with Geoff Bailey); (3) Magnetic Stones - an investigation of the recumbent stone circle at Rothiemay, Banffshire (Arnold Aspinall); (4) Geophysical Investigation of Battle Moss Stone Rows (Louise McAllan); (5) Geophysical Surveys at an Industrial Archaeological site in Fife (Richard Bates and M Duff); (6) Geomagnetic surveys over cropmarks in the environs of Traprain Law, East Lothian (Duncan Hale, Colin Haselgrove and Leon Fitts); (7) Echoes of the Past: Geophysical surveys in Scottish waters and beyond (Martin Dean); (8) Geophysical survey on the M74 (Iain Banks); (9) Testing the use of multi-spectral imagery for detecting buried archaeology in sand dune-dominated systems (Tom Dawson and Sandy Winterbottom); (10) Establishing patterns of coastal evolution - the role of Ground-Penetrating Radar and Archaeology (Alistair F Rennie and James D Hansom); (11) A pedological approach to reconstructing land-use and settlement form in the Hebrides: Lessons for the future (J. A. Entwistle, K. J. W. McCaffrey and R. A. Dodgshon); (12) Evaluating the use of multi-element soil analysis as an aid to archaeological interpretation (Clare Wilson, Donald Davidson and Malcolm Cresser); (13) Classifying later prehistory in Wigtownshire, South-West Scotland: a geophysical exploration (Tessa Poller); (14) The Upper Clyde Valley: Success? (Lorna Sharpe); (15) Sinking into Old Ground - Ground Probing Radar in the Scottish Wetlands (Erica Utsi); (16) Geophysical Survey below peat? - A simple magnetic susceptibility method (Adrian Challands); (17) The requirements for archiving geophysical survey information in Scotland (Peter McKeague); (18) Geophysical Survey from the Unit Management Perspective: a view from Scotland (Alan Leslie and Iain Banks); (19) Birsay and Skaill, Orkney: landscape survey 2003 (David Griffiths); (20) Inside the mound: geophysical investigations of the Scatness Iron-age Broch, Shetland (Armin Schmidt, Tim Sutherland and Steve Dockrill); (21) Geophysical Survey at the Orkney World Heritage Site (John Gater, Dan Sheil, Nick Card and Susan Ovenden); (22) Geophysics and the management of a designed historical landscape: a case study at Dunkeld (Dan Kellogg and Richard Jones).

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22 papers from the conference aeGoing over Old Ground: Perspectives on Archaeological, Geophysical and Geochemical Survey in ScotlandAe, held at the Department of Archaeology, University of Glasgow, Scotland, August 2003. Contents: (1) The Scottish Archaeological Geophysics Database - some preliminary findings (Christine Rennie); (2) Recent geophysical surveys at Roman forts in Central Scotland (Richard Jones, Alan Leslie and Paul Johnson, with Geoff Bailey); (3) Magnetic Stones - an investigation of the recumbent stone circle at Rothiemay, Banffshire (Arnold Aspinall); (4) Geophysical Investigation of Battle Moss Stone Rows (Louise McAllan); (5) Geophysical Surveys at an Industrial Archaeological site in Fife (Richard Bates and M Duff); (6) Geomagnetic surveys over cropmarks in the environs of Traprain Law, East Lothian (Duncan Hale, Colin Haselgrove and Leon Fitts); (7) Echoes of the Past: Geophysical surveys in Scottish waters and beyond (Martin Dean); (8) Geophysical survey on the M74 (Iain Banks); (9) Testing the use of multi-spectral imagery for detecting buried archaeology in sand dune-dominated systems (Tom Dawson and Sandy Winterbottom); (10) Establishing patterns of coastal evolution - the role of Ground-Penetrating Radar and Archaeology (Alistair F Rennie and James D Hansom); (11) A pedological approach to reconstructing land-use and settlement form in the Hebrides: Lessons for the future (J. A. Entwistle, K. J. W. McCaffrey and R. A. Dodgshon); (12) Evaluating the use of multi-element soil analysis as an aid to archaeological interpretation (Clare Wilson, Donald Davidson and Malcolm Cresser); (13) Classifying later prehistory in Wigtownshire, South-West Scotland: a geophysical exploration (Tessa Poller); (14) The Upper Clyde Valley: Success? (Lorna Sharpe); (15) Sinking into Old Ground - Ground Probing Radar in the Scottish Wetlands (Erica Utsi); (16) Geophysical Survey below peat? - A simple magnetic susceptibility method (Adrian Challands); (17) The requirements for archiving geophysical survey information in Scotland (Peter McKeague); (18) Geophysical Survey from the Unit Management Perspective: a view from Scotland (Alan Leslie and Iain Banks); (19) Birsay and Skaill, Orkney: landscape survey 2003 (David Griffiths); (20) Inside the mound: geophysical investigations of the Scatness Iron-age Broch, Shetland (Armin Schmidt, Tim Sutherland and Steve Dockrill); (21) Geophysical Survey at the Orkney World Heritage Site (John Gater, Dan Sheil, Nick Card and Susan Ovenden); (22) Geophysics and the management of a designed historical landscape: a case study at Dunkeld (Dan Kellogg and Richard Jones).

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British Archaeological Reports British Series

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September 2006

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