Colleen Batey

The University of Durham England, Archaeology, Hon Research Fellow

University of the Highlands and Islands - UHI, Institute for Northern Studies, Hon Visiting Reader

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Calanais: The Standing Stones. By P. Ashmore

The Archaeological Journal, 1997

Birgitta Linderoth Wallace. Westward Vikings: The Saga of L’Anse aux Meadows

Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, Dec 1, 2007

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Neil Price: The Viking Way: Magic and Mind in Late Iron Age Scandinavia

Current Swedish archaeology, Dec 14, 2020

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West over Sea: Studies in Scandinavian sea-borne expansion and settlement before 1300 Edited by Beverley Ballin-Smith, Simon Taylor and Gareth Williams. Pp. 581, 68 illustrations. ISBN 978 90 04 15893 1 Leiden and Boston: Brill. 2007. Price Eur 135 (hb)

Scottish archaeological journal, Oct 1, 2009

Digging Linlithgow's past: early urban archaeology on the High Street, 1966-1977

CExcavations in Linlithgow High Street between 1966 and 1977 found evidence of an intensive fifte... more CExcavations in Linlithgow High Street between 1966 and 1977 found evidence of an intensive fifteenth and sixteenth century tanning industry, and a large volume of worked antler waste. Documentary sources confirm a concentration of tanning and related trades from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Foundations of seventeenth to nineteenth century stone buildings were also discovered. The postexcavation analysis and publication of these excavations was funded by Historic Scotland.

Hofstaðir: Excavations of a Viking Age Feasting Hall in North-Eastern Iceland Hofstaðir: Excavations of a Viking Age Feasting Hall in North-Eastern Iceland. Gavin Lucas . Reykjavik. Institute of Archaeology Monograph Series 1. 2009. 440 pp. $48.00. Order from kristborg@instarch.is

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 2010

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Into the Ocean. Vikings, Irish, and Environmental Change in Iceland and the North

Medieval Archaeology, 2016

Emperor Haile Selassie I, anointed in 1930 as Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, Elect of God... more Emperor Haile Selassie I, anointed in 1930 as Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, Elect of God and King of the Kings of Ethiopia, was an iconic African figure of the twentieth century. To many, His Imperial Majesty (or HIM as protocol required the emperor to be called) was a living metaphor for Africa, the embodiment of the majesty of Africa and its peoples. Surprisingly, there is no definitive biography of Haile Selassie. A complete "picture of the man" has not been made, but Asfa-Wossen Asserate, a greatnephew of Haile Selassie, has added "more mosaic tiles" to the composite work in process with his well-documented scholarly assessment of HIM and his legacy. The son and grandson of noblemen and major actors in Ethiopian governance during the twentieth century, Asserate knew many of the governing elite close to the emperor-and his critics. The author writes that he has "made strenuous efforts to come to as objective a view as possible of [the] subject" (xxiii). This he did in a highly readable, balanced view of the triumph and tragedy of Haile Selassie from the turn of the twentieth century to the present. The well-rehearsed major events in the emperor's life are brought to life with firsthand accounts and family remembrances previously unknown to most Ethiopianists: the slab hewn from bedrock beneath Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem upon which Haile Selassie knelt when he was anointed during his 1930 coronation at St. George Cathedral and its mysterious disappearance during the Italian occupation; the role played by Asserate's family in the liberation from the fascists; the 1960 attempted coup; the insider's view of the Crown Council; and the emperor's eightieth birthday when the last chance for moderate reform of the government was squandered. The personal scholarship of the author-especially in German sources and embassy communications, in unpublished papers of government luminaries, and in fascinating details of the royal life-provides a fresh gloss on the era of the last emperor. Asserate personally observed Haile Selassie's Pan-African activities in 1963-1973 that earned HIM the reputation of being the "Anticolonial Father of Africa," especially in the founding and nurturing of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). The author also witnessed the state visits to Ethiopia of Britain's Queen Elizabeth and the shah of Iran, which he describes in detail, along with many of HIM's state visits to foreign lands. The connection between Haile

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Afterword: Major Advances and Future Directions

Edinburgh University Press eBooks, Dec 31, 2023

25. Swordle Bay, Ardnamurchan: A Viking Boat Burial

Edinburgh University Press eBooks, Dec 31, 2023

17. The Earl’s Bu, Orphir, Orkney

Edinburgh University Press eBooks, Dec 31, 2023

A Pictish Pin from Machrihanish, Kintyre

Glasgow archaeological journal, 1989

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The Context of the 1858 Skaill Hoard

BRILL eBooks, 2013

Worked bone

Oxbow Books, May 31, 2019

P.R. Dingwall, K.L. Jones & R. Egerton (ed.). In care of the Southern Ocean: an archaeological and historical survey of the Auckland Islands (New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 27). 317 pages, 193 illustrations. 2009. Auckland: New Zealand Archaeological Association; 978-0-9582977-0...

Antiquity, Jun 1, 2012

A copper alloy pin from Urquhart Castle, Inverness-shire

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Nov 30, 1993

The dating of a copper alloy pin with frustum head from Urquhart Castle, Inverness-shire, is disc... more The dating of a copper alloy pin with frustum head from Urquhart Castle, Inverness-shire, is discussed in relation to known parallels. Previous early dating of the type is questioned in view of the lack of examples from securely dated contexts. THE PIN AND ITS PARALLELS During excavations at Urquhart Castle in 1983 by Professor Leslie Alcock, a complete copper alloy pin (SF 013) with a frustum head (ie a truncated pyramid) was recovered. The pin has an 'abacus' or small sharp fillet at the junction of the head with the round-sectioned undecorated shank. Each of the four faces of the head has a simple linear 'rocker' design. The form of the head is slightly irregular, possibly suggesting hand-finishing after casting. The shank tapers slightly towards the head. The overall length is 110 mm; the shank has a maximum diameter of 4 mm; the head is 7 mm long and has a maximum width of 4 mm (illus 1). This type of pin, which has several parallels, has proved difficult to date, given the dearth of securely stratified parallels and the disturbed nature of the context of this particular find. The pin was found in Trench UR200 which lay at right angles to the inner face of the masonry shell keep. The context, UR251, formed part of the fill of the construction trench for the wall itself. Unfortunately the upper part of the fill was recut during consolidation work by the Board of Works in the 1920s and the pin was recovered from this later modern disturbance. On balance it is more likely to have been in a layer related to the masonry castle than predating it (see Alcock & Alcock, this volume). There are several references in the literature to this type of pin being an early form, and it is important to examine the validity of this view. The evidence for an early date is not irrefutable and it is likely that later examples were produced. In the case of this Urquhart pin, the balance of probability is that a later date, c 13th/14th century, or slightly later, could be supported.

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26. Carrick, Mid Ross: A Viking Cemetery on Loch Lomond

Edinburgh University Press eBooks, Dec 31, 2023

Survey and trial investigations 1979 and re-assessment of the dating of Sites VIII and IX

The Birsay Bay Project Volume 3, 2021

Re-assessment of the ‘Celtic Enclosure’ in 1981

The Birsay Bay Project Volume 3, 2021

Area excavations 1976–80 in and around Structure E to the west of the churchyard

The Birsay Bay Project Volume 3, 2021

An Assessment of the 1955 to 1959 Excavations

Calanais: The Standing Stones. By P. Ashmore

The Archaeological Journal, 1997

Birgitta Linderoth Wallace. Westward Vikings: The Saga of L’Anse aux Meadows

Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, Dec 1, 2007

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Neil Price: The Viking Way: Magic and Mind in Late Iron Age Scandinavia

Current Swedish archaeology, Dec 14, 2020

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Scottish archaeological journal, Oct 1, 2009

Digging Linlithgow's past: early urban archaeology on the High Street, 1966-1977

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 2010

BioOne Complete (complete.BioOne.org) is a full-text database of 200 subscribed and open-access t... more

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Into the Ocean. Vikings, Irish, and Environmental Change in Iceland and the North

Medieval Archaeology, 2016

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Afterword: Major Advances and Future Directions

Edinburgh University Press eBooks, Dec 31, 2023

25. Swordle Bay, Ardnamurchan: A Viking Boat Burial

Edinburgh University Press eBooks, Dec 31, 2023

17. The Earl’s Bu, Orphir, Orkney

Edinburgh University Press eBooks, Dec 31, 2023

A Pictish Pin from Machrihanish, Kintyre

Glasgow archaeological journal, 1989

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The Context of the 1858 Skaill Hoard

BRILL eBooks, 2013

Worked bone

Oxbow Books, May 31, 2019

Antiquity, Jun 1, 2012

A copper alloy pin from Urquhart Castle, Inverness-shire

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Nov 30, 1993

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26. Carrick, Mid Ross: A Viking Cemetery on Loch Lomond

Edinburgh University Press eBooks, Dec 31, 2023

Survey and trial investigations 1979 and re-assessment of the dating of Sites VIII and IX

The Birsay Bay Project Volume 3, 2021

Re-assessment of the ‘Celtic Enclosure’ in 1981

The Birsay Bay Project Volume 3, 2021

Area excavations 1976–80 in and around Structure E to the west of the churchyard

The Birsay Bay Project Volume 3, 2021

An Assessment of the 1955 to 1959 Excavations

Balnakeil Burial Batey and Paterson

Reynolds, A. and Webster, L. (eds.) Early Medieval Art and Archaeology in the Northern World: Studies in Honour of James Graham-Campbell. Series: Northern World (58). Brill, Leiden, Netherlands, pp. 631-659. ISBN 9789004235038, 2012

Final report on the recovery and discussion of an adolescent boy buried in NW Sutherland with ful... more

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Local availability and long-range trade: The worked stone assemblage

by Colleen Batey and James H Barrett

This chapter discusses the stone artefacts from Quoygrew as subdivided by a combination of raw ma... more This chapter discusses the stone artefacts from Quoygrew as subdivided by a combination of raw material and object type, with the goal of balancing ease of use and economy of presentation. Studies of provenance -based on ICP-MS (inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry) analysis, the optical examination of lithology using hand specimens and thin-section analysis -are included. The basic unit of quantification is the find number, which may represent a single object or a small collection of objects (such as vessel sherds) found together. 12

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The metal finds and their implications

by Colleen Batey and James H Barrett

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Interpreting the ceramics and glass

by Simon Chenery, Colleen Batey, and James H Barrett

There were 3455 finds of pottery, 15 of clay pipes and 245 of glass from the excavations at Quoyg... more There were 3455 finds of pottery, 15 of clay pipes and 245 of glass from the excavations at Quoygrew (excluding 'off-site' discoveries, which are considered in Chapter 3). The basic unit of quantification employed here, the 'find', was either a single sherd/ object or a small number of similar sherds/objects collected together from the same location. Only a few of the pottery and glass vessel sherds had cross-joins and the vast majority comprise body sherds rather Extract from 'Being an Islander', edited by J.H. Barrett.

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The Viking and Early Settlement Archaeological Research Project. An archaeological research programme and recent results

by James H Barrett and Colleen Batey

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