Castle Park, Dunbar: Two Thousand Years on a Fortified Headland

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With contributions by Mark Blackburn, Margaret Bruce, Adrian Cox, Alan Fairweather, D. W. Hall, P. E. Holdsworth, N. M. McQ Holmes, C. J. Moloney, S. L. A. Neice, Elizabeth Pirie, R. Sermon, C. Smith. Illustrations by David Munro. This title looks at the long history of fortification that has been revealed excavations on a rocky headland high above the harbour at Dunbar on the east coast of Scotland.

Author(s): David R. Perry
Series: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Monograph Series, 16
Publisher: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Year: 2000

Language: English
Pages: XVIII+338
City: Edinburgh

Foreword by Professor G. W. S. Barrow vii
Acknowledgements ix
List of illustrations xi
List of tables xiv
Foreign language summaries xv
1. Introduction by David Perry 1
2. Historical background by David Perry 5
3. Archaeological sequence by David Perry 21
4. The pottery by D. W. Hall 107
5. The artefacts by Adrian Cox 113
6. Analysis of artefact assemblages by Adrian Cox 179
7. The animal bone by C. Smith 194
8. The environmental samples by Alan Fairweather 280
9. The cemetery by David Perry 283
10. The human remains by Margaret Bruce 295
11. Discussion by David Perry 312
References 325
Index 337