drystone architecture

World Archaeology
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Landscapes of Death: Early Bronze Age tombs and mortuary rituals on the Oman Peninsula

REVIEW BY GEORGE NASH The Oman Peninsula and the surrounding Gulf States have been the focus of archaeological research for at least 120 years. Although the region’s archaeological record extends as far back as the Middle Palaeolithic – including evidence…

Left The nucleated fort of Trusty’s Hill in Galloway. Unlike earlier Iron Age forts, which are normally enclosed by concentric ramparts and ditches, the layout of this early medieval fort comprised a fortified summit accessed via a delineated and often symbolically charged entranceway and with non concentric outer enclosures along lower lying terraces of the hill.

Current Archaeology
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Beyond the Wall: exploring the prehistoric origins of Scotland

Hadrian’s Wall is often blamed for splitting ancient Britain in two, but a new look at the archaeological evidence suggests that the peoples of what would become Scotland and England were already culturally divergent long before the Romans arrived in Britain – as Ronan Toolis explains.