Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology: contributions in honour of Anna Ritchie

Few people have made such a profound impact on the understanding of Scotland’s prehistoric and early medieval past as Anna Ritchie. In 2022, the Scottish Society for Northern Studies and the Pictish Arts Society jointly hosted a conference to celebrate Anna’s career, and this book comprises a wide-ranging variety of the contributions to this event. Anna’s impressive career is thoroughly recounted in Ian Ralston’s introductory chapter, before Alison Sheridan, Susanna Harris, and Lilja Husmo jointly provide an illuminating chapter on the unique late Bronze Age Kirtomy horse-hair hat from Sutherland: not only its cultural context, but the fascinating circumstances of its discovery an