Multi-Period Archaeology
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Glasgow Museums has a large collection of archaeological material which is from sites with multi-period use, and also individual finds which have multi-period dates. Collectively, the material falling under this category covers the period from the Mesolithic, around 8,500 BC, to the late 20th century AD. Glasgow Museums’ multi-period archaeological material is mainly from Scotland, but there are also some items from other countries such as Northern Ireland, Switzerland, and Denmark. The material is from burial sites, ritual sites, settlement sites (including forts and caves), middens, burnt mounds, stone working sites, rock art sites, a possible pit-fall site, and agricultural sites. Artefacts include maceheads, arrowheads, rock art, stone cleavers, bevel-ended tools, and rotary querns. Further material includes human remains, animal bone, charcoal, and seashells. Of particular note is material from scheduled monuments, the assemblages from Balloch Hill, Carding Mill Bay, the Oronsay shell middens, Temple Wood, Bruach An Drumein, Crarae Garden, and the assemblages from the 1978-81 Central Excavation Unit excavations and surveys on Arran. In addition, Glasgow Museums holds multi-period archaeological material from the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of St Kilda and ‘Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps’. The multi-period material in Glasgow Museums’ collections has been acquired from the 1870s onwards. We are still actively adding to this collection group. It should be noted that only sites which contain solely multi-period and related material, or multi-period chance finds, are couched under the ‘Multi-Period Archaeology’ heading on the Collections Navigator website. To view Site records and object records for a particular period, please carry out a specific search using the relevant period name.
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