Excavations on Hirta 1986‐90

Norman Emery was on the committee responsible for the excavations at Hirta from the start and is therefore extremely well‐placed to have produced the reports for publication. Getting an archaeological report to publication stage and seeing it through to print is a huge task. When many excavation reports take 20 years or more to appear, Emery and all those involved in the St Kilda work are to be congratulated on getting this volume out so quickly after the excavation.

At the start of the book is a very brief introduction, doing no more than setting the scene. Fuller discussion is...