Our Publications

Annual journal 'Prehistoric Yorkshire'

‘Prehistoric Yorkshire’ is a valuable outlet for the publication of member’s interests and research, whether amateur or professional. Each issue contains items of news, information on sites and finds, local research, excavation summaries and book/article reviews.

Published in March, the journal is issued free to Section members in digital format, or printed copy by request. Copies are available to the general public for £12.50 plus, if necessary, £2.70 UK P&P. Printed back copies if available cost £5 plus, if necessary £2.70 UK P&P. For more information please contact the Editor. See below for free access to back copies, available as pdf versions.

In the current issue Vol. 63 (2026)

General Interest:

• Hon. Secretary’s Report 2024–25 (John Cruse)
• Aerial Archaeology Committee Report 2024–25 (Yvonne Boutwood)
• Terence George Manby: Obituary
• John Strickland Dent: Obituary
• Stanley Gregory Beckensall: Obituary

Multi-period:

• The Origins of ‘Prehistory’ (Keith Boughey)
• Overground and Underground: An Interim Report on New Analysis of Human and Animal Bone from the Caves of Ingleborough (Rick Peterson, Jennifer Jones, John Thorp & Keziah Warburton)
• The Forest of Knaresborough and the Prehistoric Woodland of Yorkshire (Leon Corneille-Cowell)
• What can be learned from the Grantham Dig Journal? (Michael Kitson)
• Portable Antiquities Scheme 2024-25

Palaeolithic:

• Ice Age Art Comes to Keighley (Keith Boughey & Helen Caffrey)

Mesolithic:

• The Mesolithic Tsunami (Keith Boughey pp. Clive Waddington)
• The Early Mesolithic Tranchet Axehead from Ringstone Edge Reservoir, Barkisland, near Halifax (John A. Gilks)

Neolithic:

• Dudderhouse Hill Long Cairn: From Forgotten Antiquity To Scheduled Monument Status 2008–2025 (Yvonne Luke)
• Possible Prehistoric Stone Lamp from Jubilee Cave, in Craven (John A. Gilks)

Neolithic/Bronze Age:

• Rock-Around-The-Clock: Further Prehistoric Rock Art Discoveries in West and North Yorkshire (Keith Boughey pp. Richard Stroud)
• Aubrey Burl: Going Round In Circles (Keith Boughey)
• Kirk Hammerton Arrowhead Finds (Keith Boughey pp. Tony Hunt)
• The Grassington Lunula (Keith Boughey)

Bronze Age/Iron Age:

• Prehistoric Settlement and Landscape Utilisation in the West Yorkshire Pennines: Early Bronze Age Activity and an Upland Iron Age Enclosure at Bradley Villa Farm, Huddersfield (Nicolas R. Jones & Christina Hills)

Iron Age:

• Yorkshire Quern Survey 2024–25 (John Cruse)
• The Melsonby Hoard in Context (Keith Boughey)
• Possible New Museum at Pocklington (Keith Boughey)

Back numbers of 'Prehistoric Yorkshire' and the 'Bulletin'

Here is a list of articles in previous issues of the Section's journal 'Prehistoric Yorkshire' (from 2012) and its predecessor the Section's Bulletin' (1963-2011).

Copies of individual back numbers can be downloaded here as a pdf free of charge. 

Notes for contributors to ‘Prehistoric Yorkshire’

The deadline for contributions is mid-December ready for publication and distribution in March. Contributions are not peer-reviewed but are expected to demonstrate a high standard of English and of archaeological content and to give references to sources, preferably in the ‘Harvard’ style.

The journal’s format is A4 Times New Roman Font 11 for text, 12 for sub-titles, and 14 for main titles, giving approximately 750 words to the page. Articles should preferably be less than 10 pages in length, including illustrations, etc. However, articles longer than this may be accepted at the Editor’s discretion. 

Text should be sent as a docx file. Illustrations can be accepted as jpeg, tif, gif or bmp files, but should be submitted separate from text to allow for re-formatting. Text and illustrations can be sent on CD/memory stick or – subject to their digital length – by e-mail as an attachment or by WeTransfer.  For more informatioin please contact the Editor.

Any revisions deemed necessary by the Editor are only published with the full consent of the author(s). Articles are published subject to the consent of the author(s) to share copyright with the Society.

Members’ Newsletter

The Prehistory Research Section's newsletter appears three or four times a year and is e-mailed to Section members.  It provides up to date information about current excavation opportunities, museum exhibitions, talks and visits organised by the Section and events of interest organised by other bodies. Back issues from 2004 can be downloaded here, free of charge.

Other Publications on Prehistory

A number of publications on prehistory are also available – mostly in CD format.  Prices do not include P & P which is charged according to the product and destination. To place an order, or for any other information, please contact the Editor.

Printed format only

Manby, T.G., Moorhouse, S. and Ottaway, P. (eds), ‘The Archaeology of Yorkshire: an assessment at the beginning of the 21st century’ Yorkshire Archaeological Society Occasional Paper No. 3. Leeds £20.00

CD format only

• Boughey, K and Vickerman, E. (2003) Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Riding
  • Main volume £14.00
  • Supplement £10.00
• Boughey, K. (2010) The Harden Moor Ring Cairn: An Account of the Excavations 1958-60, 1983-4 £5.00
• Boughey, K. (2011) The Appleyard Lithics Collection £5.00
• Boughey, K. (2015) Life and Death in Prehistoric Craven
  • Book CD alone £10.00
  • Book and Appendix CDs together £12.50
• Boughey, K. (2017) The Hardisty Lithics Collection £5.00
• Boughey, K. (2017) The Waterhouse Lithics Collection £5.00
• Bradford Cartwright Hall Archaeology Group Bulletin Vols. 1-12 1954-67 £10.00

CD/printed format

• Boughey, K. (2013) Discovering Prehistoric Bingley: The Stanbury Hill Project £5.00
• Brown, L. (ed.). (2013) Stanbury Hill Project: Archaeological Investigation of a Rock Art Site £15.00
• Leach, S. (2015) Going Underground: An anthropological and taphonomic study of human skeletal remains from caves and rock shelters in Yorkshire
  • 2 vols. £23.00
  • Appendices £2.00
• Manby, T.G. (1972) A Bibliography of Yorkshire Prehistory to 1972 £1.00
• Manby, T.G. (1986) The Bronze Age in Western Yorkshire £1.00  (reprinted from Manby, T.G. and Turnbull, P. (eds.), Archaeology in the Pennines: Studies in Honour of Arthur Raistrick BAR 158, Oxford)
• Williamson, W.C. The Bronze Age Tree Trunk Coffin Burial found at Gristhorpe near Scarborough £1.00