A. J. Hall
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View article: The case for reprecipitation of human bone as an event in a Bronze Age cist burial, Scotland
The case for reprecipitation of human bone as an event in a Bronze Age cist burial, Scotland Open
A hard whitish precipitate was observed on the lower part of the sandstone sidewalls and as pebble coatings in a Bronze Age cist burial near Forteviot, Strathearn, Scotland. The cist was discovered on excavation of a Neolithic henge in Aug…
View article: Pictish Byre-houses at Pitcarmick and their landscape: investigations 1993–5
Pictish Byre-houses at Pitcarmick and their landscape: investigations 1993–5 Open
‘Pitcarmick-type’ houses were identified by the Royal Commission in north east Perthshire in 1988 and published in their survey of 1990. Long and narrow with rounded ends, they seemed to occur in a sequence between prehistoric roundhouses …
View article: Measurement of Quantitative Colour Values of Ore Minerals Using a Filter-Photocell Method
Measurement of Quantitative Colour Values of Ore Minerals Using a Filter-Photocell Method Open
This study describes and discusses the feasibility of the development of an inexpensive filter- photocell system suitable for quantitative colour measurement of ore minerals under the reflected-light microscope. In this study, reflectance …
View article: The nature of Melian alumen and its potential for exploitation in antiquity
The nature of Melian alumen and its potential for exploitation in antiquity Open
Introduction Melian alumen is one of the industrial minerals exploited in antiquity and is broadly categorised as an earth which includes Melian, Cimolian and Samian Earths (fig. 1) as well as sulfur (Photos-Jones et al. in review). These …
View article: Enigmatic stable isotope dynamics of deep peat methane
Enigmatic stable isotope dynamics of deep peat methane Open
The carbon and hydrogen stable isotope ratios of methane and carbon dioxide from Ellergower Moss, a raised peat bog in SW Scotland, were measured to characterize the isotopic composition of peatland gas flux that is not subject to near‐sur…
View article: The bloomery mounds of the Scottish Highlands. Part 1: the archaeological background
The bloomery mounds of the Scottish Highlands. Part 1: the archaeological background Open
The ubiquitous presence of bloomery mounds in the Scottish Highlands and the speed of their destruction by forestry, agriculture and animal husbandry, combined with the limited understanding of the industry that produced them, has stimulat…
View article: Sulphur isotopes in a metamorphogenic gold deposit, Macraes mine, Otago Schist, New Zealand
Sulphur isotopes in a metamorphogenic gold deposit, Macraes mine, Otago Schist, New Zealand Open
The Macraes gold quartz vein deposit, New Zealand, is located in a shear zone cutting greenschist facies metasediments of the Otago Schist. The deposit has been interpreted as being metamorphogenic in origin as there is no evidence for coe…