Lloyd Laing (born 1944, Lanark, Scotland) is an archaeologist and ancient art historian specializing in early medieval Britain and Ireland, coins, and ceramics.
He has published over 30 books and 60 papers, as well as many contributions to encyclopedias and magazines, either individually or jointly.
[1] He studied prehistoric archaeology and fine art at Edinburgh University before becoming assistant inspector of ancient monuments for Scotland from 1966 to 1969.
European Influence on Celtic Art: Artists and Patrons, Four Courts Press, Dublin, 248 pp, (2010).
The Archaeology of Celtic Britain and Ireland, c. 400-1200 AD, Cambridge University Press, 406 pp, (2006).
Later Celtic Art in Britain and Ireland, Shire Books, Aylesbury, 64 pp, 44 plates (1997, 2nd rev.
Coins and Archaeology, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, & Shocken, New York, 336 pp, 28 pls, 44 figs, 16 maps, (1969).
Early English Art and Architecture, Alan Sutton, Stroud, 246 pp, illus, (1996).
Anglo-Saxon England, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London & Scribners, New York,(1979), 195 pp, 111 plates.
The Mote of Mark, a Dark Age Citadel in South-West Scotland, Oxford, Oxbow, 189 pp, (2006).
c.400 -1200 AD, Oxford & Nottingham, Tempus Reparatvm (BAR Brit Ser 229), 120 pp' (1991).
Excavations at Hest Bank, Lancashire, LiverpoolUniversity, Dept of History pubs.
Studies in Celtic Survival, (as Editor), Oxford, British Archaeological reports 37, (1977), 123 pp 6.
Settlement Types in Post-Roman Scotland, Oxford, British Archaeological Reports 13, (1975), 46 pp.
Some Iron Age Mediterranean Imports in England, Oxford, British Archaeological Reports 5, 39 pp, Co-author P Harbison.
Distribution of Terra Nigra in Britain, Southampton, City Museum Pubs 6, (with G Rogers), (1966), 48 pp.