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The correspondence comprises 2 letters from Piggott; copy of 1 letter from Joseph Needham.
The documents also include a copy of Piggott's paper 'The Earliest Wheeled Vehicles and the Caucasian Evidence', ('Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society', 1968); typescript of a paper by A. C. Mnatsakanyan entitled 'Ancient Vehicles from Barrows of the Bronze Age on the shores of Lake Seven', ('Sov. Arkh', 1960).

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The 'Festschrift is entitled 'To illustrate the monuments : essays on archaeology presented to Stuart Piggott...on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday', edited by J. V. S. Megaw and published by Thames and Hudson, London, 1976. Needham's contribution is entitled 'Metals and Alchemists in Ancient China'.

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This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.

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An illustration of these struts is produced as Figure 387 of 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 4, Part 2'. The documents also include a copy of the footnote which describes this type of strut.

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The documents also include a copy of Joseph Needham's reply.

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This part is subtitled 'Scenes in the Workshop'. The paper was published in 'Physis', 1959.

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The report was published in the 'Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland', (1956-57). The notes are headed 'Desmond on wheels, 17/5/59'.

Scope and Contents In 1959 Lord Taylour embarks on a cruise around villages, towns and cities in Italy, Greece, France and England. Places stayed at include Ravenna, Ephesus, Mistra, Capri, Filitosa, Brundish and Sherringham. Assembled together are a broad range of themes, encompassing ancient Italian mosaics, ancient Roman and Greek monuments and architecture, fortresses, views of harbours and streets, traditional dancing in Hagios Ghallini, landscapes, medieval Christian art, gardens, menhirs, palaces and...