Two samples of peat washed up on Balephetrish beach in 2017, and carbon-dated at 9474 years before present (+/- 32).
2017.64.2
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2015.57.3
Scientific paper ‘A Lateglacial archaeological site in the far north-west of Europe at Rubha Port an t-Seilish, Isle of Islay, western Scotland: Ahrensburgian-style artefacts, absolute dating and geoarchaeology’, by Steven Mithen (University of Reading) and colleagues, 2015. Includes letter to Dr Holliday from Prof. Mithen.
2015.57.2
‘Rubha Port an t-Seilich, Isle of Islay – the discovery of ice age pioneers in Scotland’. Glossy report summarising the investigation of archaeological sites on Islay by Steven Mithen and Karen Wicks, University of Reading, 2013.
2004.153.1
Audio cassette recording of a talk `The Archaeology of Tiree` by Professor Steven Mithen in An Talla, Crossapol on 26/8/2004.
Talk ‘The Archaeology of Tiree’ given by Professor Steven Mithen of Reading University in An Talla in August 2004 and introduced by Dr John Holliday. Prof. Mithen talks about the earliest settlers in the Southern Hebrides around 6000BC, their probable lifestyle and tools, the traces they’ve left such as flints, bone tools, middens and charcoal deposits, the survey work the Reading team have been conducting on Tiree including ground penetrating radar and peat cores and the work they hope to do on Tiree in the future.
2004.64.2
Paperback book `After the Ice` by Steven Mithen.
The story of the human race from 20,000 to 5000 BC.
2001.68.8
Colour photograph of glaciation marks on rocks at Dun Mor a` Chaolais.
Marks of glaciation on rocks at Dùn Mòr a’ Chaolais photographed by Dr John Holliday in 2000.
2001.36.1
Booklet `Late- and Post-Glacial Shorelines and Ice Limits in Argyll and North-East Ulster` by F. M Synge and N. Stephens.
Investigation of sea-levels on the west coast of Scotalnd after the last Ice Age 15,000 years ago.