LibGuides: Humanities, Education and Gaelic: Archaeology

eBooks

Archaeological Theory: an introduction by Matthew Johnson
ISBN: 9781444360417
Publication Date: 2011
Thoroughly revised and updated, this engaging text offers students an ideal entry point to the major concepts and ongoing debates in archaeological research.
The Archaeology of Time by Gavin Lucas
ISBN: 9780203004920
Publication Date: 2004
This book is an introduction not just to the issues of chronology and dating, but time as a theoretical concept and how this is understood and employed in contemporary archaeology.
Britain Begins by Barry Cunliffe
ISBN: 9780191611889
Publication Date: 2012
Britain Begins is nothing less than the story of the origins of the British and the Irish peoples, from around 10,000BC to the eve of the Norman Conquest.
Interpretive Archaeology by Julian Thomas
ISBN: 9781441179296
Publication Date: 2001
This volume gathers together a series of the canonical statements which have defined an interpretive archaeology. Many of these have been unavailable for some while, and others are drawn from inaccessible publications. In addition, a number of key articles are included which are drawn from other disciplines, but which have been influential and widely cited within archaeology.
The Significance of Monuments by Richard Bradley
ISBN: 9780203024713
Publication Date: 2012
The Significance of Monuments studies the importance of monuments tracing their history from their first creation over six thousand years later.

eCollections

EBSCO Host Databases
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NOTE: You may be asked to create an account to download and read offline. You can still read online without creating an account. UHI does not recommend the creation of an account, this is done at your own risk. Provides the following resource collections: Academic Search Complete; ATLA Religion with ATLA Serials; Business Source Elite, CINAHL Complete; Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text; EBSCO eBooks; Education Research Complete; GreenFile; Medline; Medline with Full Text ; Philosopher's Index with Full Text; PsycArticles; PsycInfo; SocIndex with Full Text;. SportDiscus with Full Text. See under each individual collection for details.
Geology Digimap
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Browse, view and print geological maps of the UK. Download for use in a Geographic Information System (GIS) or image processing software. Maps include: 1:625,000 solid and drift geology; 1:250,000 solid geology and linear features.

For information on how to register to use this resource please see http://digimap.edina.ac.uk/webhelp/digimapsupport/access/registration.htm
Historic Digimap
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Part of the Digimap Collection of on-line mapping. Browse, view and print historic maps of the UK with the facility to download for use in a Geographic Information System (GIS) or image processing software and include maps published from 1843 onwards.

For information on how to register to use this resource please see http://digimap.edina.ac.uk/webhelp/digimapsupport/access/registration.htm

Videos, Images and External Websites

Am Baile
Am Baile was founded in 2000 by a consortium led by The Highland Council and which also included Taigh Chearsabhagh Trust and West Highland Animation. Together we set out to create a digital archive of the history and culture of the Scottish Highlands and Islands comprising material which had hitherto been difficult to access. Since then Am Baile has digitised and made available tens of thousands of items from archives, libraries, museums and private collections
Historic Environment Scotland
Historic Environment Scotland is the new lead public body for the country's historic environment. It brings together Historic Scotland and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland.
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
The Archaeology Data Service supports research, learning and teaching with freely available, high quality and dependable digital resources. It does this by preserving digital data in the long term, and by promoting and disseminating a broad range of data in archaeology