Aberdeen: an in-depth view of the city's past -

Aberdeen: an in-depth view of the city's past -- excavations at seven sites within the medieval burgh. ALISON S. CAMERON & JUDITH A. STONES. Aberdeen: an in-depthview of the city's past -- excavations at seven sites within themedieval burgh BURGH. A borough; (q. v.) a castle or town. (Society of Antiquaries of Scotland The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is the senior antiquarian body in Scotland, with its headquarters, collections, archive, and lecture theatre in the Royal Museum, Chambers Street, Edinburgh. The Society plays an important role in the cultural life and heritage of Scotland. Monograph 19).xix.336 pages, 204 b&w figures, 15 colour photographs, 29 tables.2001. Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland; 0-903903-19-9 (ISSN ISSNabbr.International Standard Serial Number 0263-3191) 44 [pounds sterling](+6 [pounds sterling] p&p). Aberdeen is an innovative way at once to publish the results ofdigs and promote archaeology among the public. It is appropriate thatthe book opens with remarks by the mayor on how this very well anddiversely illustrated, splendidly designed and well bound book revealsboth differences from today's conditions and the city's samemaritime `internationalism' (p. xix). Not that there will bestruggle in every home to read it; but it could certainly be used inschools, colleges and extra-mural classes as well as by professionalarchaeologists. The core of the book comprises five technical chapters devoted tothe digs, documentary research This page has few or no links to other articles.You can improve this article by adding links to related material, within the existing text. After links have been created, remove this message.For more information, see the . , pottery (concise but with anintroduction that serves well to explain why catalogues run to suchapparently forbidding detail), small finds (extensive -- a good array ofshoes), and animal bones and `environmental remains'. Ms STONESconcludes the volume with a discussion of the urban development, theharbour, the castle, defences and port, building and trades, exchangewith the rest of Scotland and beyond, and apt general remarks on howarchaeology works as a discipline and an element of the city'slife.