Camilla Dickson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6051102 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Camilla Dickson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Camilla |
| FAMILY NAME | Dickson |
| SIGNATURE | DICKSON C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Glasgow |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 66 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Catpund
A prehistoric house was excavated in advance of industrial quarrying at Catpund, Shetland. Although little of the internal stratigraphy of the house remained beneath a modern cabbage enclosure (planticrub), the form of the house survived. The artefacts found in and around the house indicate the domestic activities which took place there, and the farming methods employed in the vicinity. A thorough analysis of the artefactual evidence suggests tha…
The investigation of a Bronze Age cairnfield and later buildings at Fall Kneesend, Clydesdale
Excavation ahead of the M74 road development was undertaken at a cairnfield and other settlement remains at Fall Kneesend. The project was funded by the National Roads Directorate of the Scottish Office Development Department and managed on their behalf by Historic Scotland. The remains of a cremation pyre were found beneath one of the cairns, and an early Bronze Age radiocarbon date was obtained from this deposit. Later buildings placed among th…
An early metal assemblage from Dail na Caraidh, Inverness-shire, and its context
Between 1980 and 1984 a number of finds of EBA metalwork were recovered via metal-detecting from an area of rough ground at the head of a small disused quarry. This report considers the character of the metalwork and the context in which that material was deposited. It concludes that the entire assemblage could have resulted from more than one period of votive deposition, and that these activities focused upon a prominent, but natural, long mound…
Investigating Burnt Mounds in Clydesdale during Motorway Construction
Two small burnt mounds were excavated as part of the programme to mitigate the impact of motorway construction in the Crawford area. The excavations followed a research strategy designed to address questions of date and function. This paper surveys the various competing theories about burnt mounds and how the archaeological evidence was evaluated against those theories. Both sites produced radiocarbon dates from the Bronze Age and evidence to sug…
Food, medicinal and other plants from the 15th century drains of Paisley Abbey, Scotland
Excavation at Lintshie Gutter Unenclosed Platform Settlement, Crawford, Lanarkshire, 1991
Rescue excavation at this Bronze Age field monument near Crawford, Lanarkshire, organized by Historic Scotland ahead of the M74/M6 motorway
Some excavations on the line of the Antonine Wall 1985-93
Presents the results of twenty-one excavations and watching briefs along the Wall. The alignment of the Wall and the position of fort defences were identified in several places. New information about the superstructure of the Wall, soldiers' diet, and the contemporary environment was obtained. There are specialist reports on: Botanical remains from the inner ditch' by Sheila Boardman & Camilla Dickson (653); `Plant macrofossils' by Sheila Boardma…
The excavation of three cairns at Stoneyburn Farm, Crawford, Lanarkshire, 1991
Excavation of three small cairns at Stoneyburn Farm, near Crawford, Lanarkshire, was carried out in advance of the construction work for the upgrading of the A74 to motorway.The two smaller cairns contained burials dating to the Early Bronze Age and produced five faience beads and a complete pygmy cup.The largest cairn covered an area of complex activity running from the early Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age.Sherds of both early Neolithic bowls…
Excavation of a Bronze Age burial at Mousland, Stromness, Orkney
An earthen burial mound with a surrounding kerb was excavated in 1990. The central cist contained a cremation of an adult, possibly female. A polished stone axe lay outside the cist. A radiocarbon date from charcoal within the cist showed the remains to be of Early/Middle Bronze Age date. The cist and kerb were constructed before the mound, which was built up from successive deposits of turves and soil. Palaeobotanical and micromorphological anal…
Park of Tongland
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Excavations at Three Early Bronze Age Burial Monuments in Scotland
The excavations of the cemetery groups at Balneaves, Loanleven and Park of Tongland facilitate an examination of many aspects of Bronze Age burial practices in Scotland. They are notable as much for the differences in burial ritual they imply as for the very narrow chronological period in which they were used. The three sites produced a total of seventeen 14 C dates, two of which are aberrant, with means of the remaining fifteen falling within a …
Excavations at Warebeth (Stromness Cemetery) Broch, Orkney
The broch well yielded organic remains including human coprolites and animal hairs, as well as animal bones, which provide direct evidence for the human diet. Two finds made in the 19th century are discussed by Sally Foster (127-8) as bronze and gold Hiberno-Saxon mounts. AR
The excavation of a Mesolithic horizon at 13-24 Castle Street, Inverness
A microlithic flint industry dating to c 5000 be was found, containing 137 retouched pieces and 4700 other fragments. No structures were identified. The occupation level in which the flints were found was sealed by a complex soil horizon that included two marine transgressions
Professor Sir Harry Godwin, F.R.S., 1901–1985 — a tribute
The excavation of a hut circle at Cùl a'Bhaile, Jura
Farmstead: multiperiod hut circle in enclosure, late 2nd/early 1st millennium BC
Evidence concerning the roman military diet at Bearsden, Scotland, in the 2nd Century AD
A Roman hypocausted building at Falkirk
The excavation of a late Neolithic henge-type enclosure at Balfarg, Markinch, Fife, Scotland, 1977-78
Evidence concerning the roman military diet at Bearsden, Scotland, in the 2nd Century AD
The excavation of a late Neolithic henge-type enclosure at Balfarg, Markinch, Fife, Scotland, 1977-78
Food, medicinal and other plants from the 15th century drains of Paisley Abbey, Scotland
Excavations at Three Early Bronze Age Burial Monuments in Scotland
The excavations of the cemetery groups at Balneaves, Loanleven and Park of Tongland facilitate an examination of many aspects of Bronze Age burial practices in Scotland. They are notable as much for the differences in burial ritual they imply as for the very narrow chronological period in which they were used. The three sites produced a total of seventeen 14 C dates, two of which are aberrant, with means of the remaining fifteen falling within a …
The excavation of a hut circle at Cùl a'Bhaile, Jura
Farmstead: multiperiod hut circle in enclosure, late 2nd/early 1st millennium BC
An early metal assemblage from Dail na Caraidh, Inverness-shire, and its context
Between 1980 and 1984 a number of finds of EBA metalwork were recovered via metal-detecting from an area of rough ground at the head of a small disused quarry. This report considers the character of the metalwork and the context in which that material was deposited. It concludes that the entire assemblage could have resulted from more than one period of votive deposition, and that these activities focused upon a prominent, but natural, long mound…
Excavation at Lintshie Gutter Unenclosed Platform Settlement, Crawford, Lanarkshire, 1991
Rescue excavation at this Bronze Age field monument near Crawford, Lanarkshire, organized by Historic Scotland ahead of the M74/M6 motorway
The excavation of three cairns at Stoneyburn Farm, Crawford, Lanarkshire, 1991
Excavation of three small cairns at Stoneyburn Farm, near Crawford, Lanarkshire, was carried out in advance of the construction work for the upgrading of the A74 to motorway.The two smaller cairns contained burials dating to the Early Bronze Age and produced five faience beads and a complete pygmy cup.The largest cairn covered an area of complex activity running from the early Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age.Sherds of both early Neolithic bowls…
Excavation of a Bronze Age burial at Mousland, Stromness, Orkney
An earthen burial mound with a surrounding kerb was excavated in 1990. The central cist contained a cremation of an adult, possibly female. A polished stone axe lay outside the cist. A radiocarbon date from charcoal within the cist showed the remains to be of Early/Middle Bronze Age date. The cist and kerb were constructed before the mound, which was built up from successive deposits of turves and soil. Palaeobotanical and micromorphological anal…
The excavation of a Mesolithic horizon at 13-24 Castle Street, Inverness
A microlithic flint industry dating to c 5000 be was found, containing 137 retouched pieces and 4700 other fragments. No structures were identified. The occupation level in which the flints were found was sealed by a complex soil horizon that included two marine transgressions
A Roman hypocausted building at Falkirk
The excavation of a late Neolithic henge-type enclosure at Balfarg, Markinch, Fife, Scotland, 1977-78
Evidence concerning the roman military diet at Bearsden, Scotland, in the 2nd Century AD
The excavation of a hut circle at Cùl a'Bhaile, Jura
Farmstead: multiperiod hut circle in enclosure, late 2nd/early 1st millennium BC
Professor Sir Harry Godwin, F.R.S., 1901–1985 — a tribute
The excavation of a Mesolithic horizon at 13-24 Castle Street, Inverness
A microlithic flint industry dating to c 5000 be was found, containing 137 retouched pieces and 4700 other fragments. No structures were identified. The occupation level in which the flints were found was sealed by a complex soil horizon that included two marine transgressions
Excavations at Warebeth (Stromness Cemetery) Broch, Orkney
The broch well yielded organic remains including human coprolites and animal hairs, as well as animal bones, which provide direct evidence for the human diet. Two finds made in the 19th century are discussed by Sally Foster (127-8) as bronze and gold Hiberno-Saxon mounts. AR
Park of Tongland
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Excavations at Three Early Bronze Age Burial Monuments in Scotland
The excavations of the cemetery groups at Balneaves, Loanleven and Park of Tongland facilitate an examination of many aspects of Bronze Age burial practices in Scotland. They are notable as much for the differences in burial ritual they imply as for the very narrow chronological period in which they were used. The three sites produced a total of seventeen 14 C dates, two of which are aberrant, with means of the remaining fifteen falling within a …
Excavation of a Bronze Age burial at Mousland, Stromness, Orkney
An earthen burial mound with a surrounding kerb was excavated in 1990. The central cist contained a cremation of an adult, possibly female. A polished stone axe lay outside the cist. A radiocarbon date from charcoal within the cist showed the remains to be of Early/Middle Bronze Age date. The cist and kerb were constructed before the mound, which was built up from successive deposits of turves and soil. Palaeobotanical and micromorphological anal…
Food, medicinal and other plants from the 15th century drains of Paisley Abbey, Scotland
Excavation at Lintshie Gutter Unenclosed Platform Settlement, Crawford, Lanarkshire, 1991
Rescue excavation at this Bronze Age field monument near Crawford, Lanarkshire, organized by Historic Scotland ahead of the M74/M6 motorway
Some excavations on the line of the Antonine Wall 1985-93
Presents the results of twenty-one excavations and watching briefs along the Wall. The alignment of the Wall and the position of fort defences were identified in several places. New information about the superstructure of the Wall, soldiers' diet, and the contemporary environment was obtained. There are specialist reports on: Botanical remains from the inner ditch' by Sheila Boardman & Camilla Dickson (653); `Plant macrofossils' by Sheila Boardma…
The excavation of three cairns at Stoneyburn Farm, Crawford, Lanarkshire, 1991
Excavation of three small cairns at Stoneyburn Farm, near Crawford, Lanarkshire, was carried out in advance of the construction work for the upgrading of the A74 to motorway.The two smaller cairns contained burials dating to the Early Bronze Age and produced five faience beads and a complete pygmy cup.The largest cairn covered an area of complex activity running from the early Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age.Sherds of both early Neolithic bowls…
Investigating Burnt Mounds in Clydesdale during Motorway Construction
Two small burnt mounds were excavated as part of the programme to mitigate the impact of motorway construction in the Crawford area. The excavations followed a research strategy designed to address questions of date and function. This paper surveys the various competing theories about burnt mounds and how the archaeological evidence was evaluated against those theories. Both sites produced radiocarbon dates from the Bronze Age and evidence to sug…
An early metal assemblage from Dail na Caraidh, Inverness-shire, and its context
Between 1980 and 1984 a number of finds of EBA metalwork were recovered via metal-detecting from an area of rough ground at the head of a small disused quarry. This report considers the character of the metalwork and the context in which that material was deposited. It concludes that the entire assemblage could have resulted from more than one period of votive deposition, and that these activities focused upon a prominent, but natural, long mound…
The investigation of a Bronze Age cairnfield and later buildings at Fall Kneesend, Clydesdale
Excavation ahead of the M74 road development was undertaken at a cairnfield and other settlement remains at Fall Kneesend. The project was funded by the National Roads Directorate of the Scottish Office Development Department and managed on their behalf by Historic Scotland. The remains of a cremation pyre were found beneath one of the cairns, and an early Bronze Age radiocarbon date was obtained from this deposit. Later buildings placed among th…
Catpund
A prehistoric house was excavated in advance of industrial quarrying at Catpund, Shetland. Although little of the internal stratigraphy of the house remained beneath a modern cabbage enclosure (planticrub), the form of the house survived. The artefacts found in and around the house indicate the domestic activities which took place there, and the farming methods employed in the vicinity. A thorough analysis of the artefactual evidence suggests tha…
Archaeology (14 works) · Geography (14 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (13 works) · Excavation (11 works) · Geology (7 works) · Art (6 works) · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (6 works) · Bronze Age (5 works) · Geology (5 works) · History (5 works)