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Back and Forth 往返

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Pub Date : 2024-06-10 DOI: 10.9750/psas.153.1385

Murray Cook

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Making finds matter 让发现变得重要

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Pub Date : 2024-04-17 DOI: 10.9750/psas.153.1375

Hugo Anderson-Whymark, Anwen Cooper, Crispin Flower, Duncan Garrow, Melanie Giles, Susan Hamilton, Maya Hoole, Susan Kruse, Leanne McCafferty, Bruce Mann

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In the shadow of the Lammermuirs 在拉默穆尔山脉的阴影下

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Pub Date : 2024-04-16 DOI: 10.9750/psas.153.1359

Ben Saunders, Inés López-Dóriga, Ed Treasure, Rachael Seager Smith, Ruth Shaffrey, Christopher Swales, Andrew Valdez-Tullett

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South Cuidrach 南奎德拉赫

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Pub Date : 2024-02-02 DOI: 10.9750/psas.153.1367

Karen Hardy, T. Ballin

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Let’s be Frank 让我们成为弗兰克

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Pub Date : 2024-02-02 DOI: 10.9750/psas.153.1386

Rena Maguire

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South Cuidrach 南奎德拉赫

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Pub Date : 2024-02-02 DOI: 10.9750/psas.153.1367

Karen Hardy, T. Ballin

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The Preacher Stone in the Bathgate Hills 巴斯盖特山的传道石

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Pub Date : 2023-11-30 DOI: 10.9750/psas.152.1369

Alastair Small, Carola Small

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The origins and development of a Scottish surgical instrument maker 苏格兰外科器械制造商的起源与发展

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Pub Date : 2023-11-30 DOI: 10.9750/psas.152.1336

Ruth Pollitt

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A drive around Pictland 驾车环游皮克特兰

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Pub Date : 2023-11-30 DOI: 10.9750/psas.152.1368

Duncan McArdle, Catriona McArdle

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The origin of the Portuguese Drummonds 葡萄牙德拉蒙德人的起源

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Pub Date : 2023-11-30 DOI: 10.9750/psas.152.1377

Jonathan J F Sykes

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