December's lectures from two GAS members...
Announcing the GAS lecture programme for 2020-2021...
An excavation on the Isle of Coll has uncovered 3,000-year-old swords and spearheads made of bronze. The twelve pieces are thought to have come from at least seven weapons. The items were recovered from what had once been a freshwater loch and they were broken, perhaps on purpose.
Read more: Broken Sword: Excavation of Bronze Age Metalwork on the Isle of Coll
On Wednesday 26th August, 2015 a number of GAS members, together with a good crowd of local people, joined Carol Primrose, former GAS President, for a trip on the Forth and Clyde Canal as part of the 2015 Kirkintilloch Canal Festival. If, like me, you had never visited the Southbank Marina, Kirkintilloch, on the Canal, you were in for quite a surprise.
Our signature publication written by Professor Anne S. Robertson was first published in 1960. Professor Lawrence Keppie took over the editorship with the Fourth Edition in 1990 and he has now produced this new and completely updated Sixth Edition, lavishly illustrated in colour reflecting the wealth of new excavation and survey work.
Those members who attended our AGM in April will have had a chance to admire the work of Dugald MacInnes. The beautiful slate plaques presented to John Macdonald and Scott Wood as tokens of the President’s Award 2015 were made by Dugald.
Read more: Dugald Macinnes exhibition on the Island of Luing
On Thursday, February 18th, 2016 Glasgow Archaeological Society will be hosting a special lecture by Thomas Rees, titled A founder’s workshop from the Bronze Age? Excavations in the shadow of Hunterston.
Read more: Lecture: A founder’s workshop from the Bronze Age?
The Society's second winter excursion will be taking place on Saturday, April 16th, 2016, when we will be visiting the Titan Crane and Clydebank Library and Museum.
Read more: Second Winter Excursion: Titan Crane and Clydebank Library and Museum