- South East Scotland is rare in that it has a variety of burial traditions including cremations, pit graves, cave deposits, structural deposits, formal burials (including slab-lined cists, drystone cists) and exceptional burials such as the Newbridge cart burial and the Dunbar warrior. Why were some people buried on their own and others in groups?
- Is there potential to undertake a study on cave assemblages that would build on the work in other Scottish areas, such as Covesea, Moray.
- What is the occurrence of structured deposits in South East Scotland during the Iron Age? The region would benefit from a review and synthesis, particularly given the structured deposits found at Broxmouth.
- How can we update the existing anatomical and osteological research of human remains to include disease and trauma, as well as new DNA, protein and isotopes?