A Scot from a long line of Scots, now an ex-pat living in London. Got into history young, but hated it at school, although took up Scottish history out of guilt at University (supposed to be doing geography), and changed my degree to Scottish History. Stayed to do a masters in Maritime History, but found this particular combination not very conducive to getting a job, so I trained as librarian (no, I don’t wear glasses, or my hair in a bun, thank you).
I’ve only helped on one archaeology site – Craigie Hill in Fife (and I’ve never seen a site report for it), but I’ve participated in two boat reconstructions run by Damian Goodburn – a logboat for the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther, and the Dover Bronze Age Boat – the display in the Dover Museum is really well done and worth visiting if you are down there at any time.
Special Interest Areas
Maritime principally – and really has to have sails (or be pre-sails!). Also Scottish history up to around 1603 – generally I’ll stick my nose into anything that looks interesting though.
Website
http://freespace.virgin.net/e.buchanan/index.htm My own website – has a few links on the History page that may be of interest, but mostly it’s about other things that interest me (and needs updated!)