30 May 2015, Starts: 09:15, Ends: 17:00

The annual conference looks at recent research occurring in Scotland. As usual the programme is varied, and includes Caroline Wickham-Jones speaking about Mesolithic and Neolithic activity in the Cairngorms. Cost is £35 for Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Fellows, Archaeology Scotland members, students and unwaged or£40 for non-members/fellows.

Held at the Royal Society of Edinburgh, George Street, Edinburgh.

Further information and bookings from Society of Antiquaires of Scotland website.

09.15 Registration at the Royal Society of Edinburgh
MORNING SESSION Chaired by Beverley Ballin Smith, Convener of the Grants & Awards Committee of the Society of
Antiquaries of Scotland
09.45 Welcome and opening remarks
09.55 “Living in the mountains: research on Mesolithic and Neolithic activity in the Cairngorms”
- Caroline Wickham-Jones (University of Aberdeen)
10.20 “Daily activities and resource use in Neolithic Orkney: microarchaeology at the Ness of Brodgar”
- Dr Lisa-Marie Shillito (University of Edinburgh)
10.45 “Burial in the Bronze Age: Excavations at Broich Road, Crieff”
- Dr Melanie Johnson (CFA Archaeology)
11.10 Questions
11.25 TEA/COFFEE, DISPLAYS AND BOOKSTALLS
11.55 “Wiggle-match dating Scottish crannogs”
- Piotr Jacobsson, Dr Derek Hamilton and Dr Gordon Cook (SUERC)
12.20 “New Evidence for Iron Age Burial Practice in the Western Isles”
- Martin Cook (AOC Archaeology Group)
12.45 Questions
13.00 Launch of Discovery and Excavation in Scotland
13.10 LUNCH, DISPLAYS AND BOOKSTALLS
AFTERNOON SESSION
Chaired by Jack Stevenson, President of Archaeology Scotland
14.10 “Middle Iron Age native glass toggle production of the western seaboard ”
- Dr Clare Ellis (Argyll Archaeology) and Dr Martina Bertini (The British Museum)
14.35 “Burnswark: Siege or no Siege?”
- Dr John Reid (The Trimontium Trust) and Andrew Nicholson (Dumfriesshire and Galloway Council)
15.00 Questions
15.15 TEA/COFFEE, DISPLAYS AND BOOKSTALLS
15.45 “(Re)discovering the Gaulcross Hoard and
other early medieval silver”
- Alice Blackwell (Glenmorangie Project, National Museums Scotland), Dr Martin Goldberg (National Museums Scotland), Dr Gordon Noble (University of Aberdeen)
16.10 “SAMPHIRE: Crowd-sourcing Scottish underwater archaeology”
16.35 “The trigger for the demise of an eighteenth
century drovers' inn”
- Warren Bailie (GUARD Archaeology)
17.00 QUESTIONS AND CLOSING REMARKS