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Knap of Howar (Colin Richards)
Conference Research

Experts gathering in Orkney for this weekend’s SIRFA symposium

by Sigurd Towrie Thursday, March 23, 2023 (7:02am)Thursday, March 23, 2023 (9:02am)
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Neolithic Orkney Outreach

Neolithic Orkney in its wider context – free talk in Kirkwall this Sunday

by Sigurd Towrie Wednesday, March 22, 2023 (7:05am)Wednesday, March 22, 2023 (7:28am)
Lois and Maeshowe. (Sigurd Towrie)

Masters students out fieldwalking in the shadow of Maeshowe

by Sigurd Towrie Monday, March 20, 2023 (11:58am)Monday, March 20, 2023 (4:44pm)
Lidar Scan

Seminar: ‘Beyond Hillshade’ – LiDAR visualisation techniques in Orkney

by Sigurd Towrie Monday, March 13, 2023 (9:46am)Monday, March 13, 2023 (9:48pm)

Art and Archaeology masters degree accepting new students

by seanlisle1 Wednesday, March 8, 2023 (9:00am)Thursday, March 9, 2023 (2:44pm)
Hugo Anderson-Whymark
Excavation Neolithic Ness of Brodgar Post-excavation

Digging at Ness of Brodgar ending in 2024 with focus shifting to intensive post-excavation work

The final season of excavation at the Ness of Brodgar will take place in 2024, after which the remains of the 5,000-year-old Neolithic complex will be covered over and backfilled.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, March 6, 2023 (11:00am)Monday, March 6, 2023 (11:04am)
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Courses Postgraduate

MLitt and MSc courses now enrolling for September start

We are accepting students for our MLitt in Archaeological Studies and MSc in Archaeological Practice postgraduate programmes, both of which start in September 2023.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, March 2, 2023 (11:35am)Wednesday, March 8, 2023 (9:38am)
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Swedish Parliament
Research Seminar

Video: history, archaeology and nationalism in Scandinavia

Our free online research seminar this month will look at the use archaeology and history in right-wing political parties in Scandinavia.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, March 1, 2023 (8:30am)Monday, February 27, 2023 (11:08am)
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View over Rarotonga, Cook Islands. (Lawrence Shaw)
Climate Change Research

New project to document endangered heritage sites in Pacific islands

The UHI Archaeology Institute is one of the partners in a new research project to assess methods to document endangered cultural heritage sites in the Cook Islands and Niue.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, February 27, 2023 (8:00am)Sunday, February 26, 2023 (9:38am)
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(Jim Richardson)
Publications

‘Landscapes Revealed’ named book of the year at Current Archaeology awards

Landscapes Revealed: geophysical survey in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Area, 2002-2011 has been named Current Archaeology’s book of the year 2023.

by Sigurd TowrieSaturday, February 25, 2023 (6:58pm)Wednesday, March 1, 2023 (4:33pm)
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Feb 2023: Fitty Hill cairn site. (Andy Penn)
Neolithic Tombs of the Isles

Tombs of the Isles update – Fitty Hill, Westray

We’re in Westray for today’s Tombs of the Isles project update – in particular Fitty Hill, a probable Orkney-Cromarty style stalled cairn.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, February 24, 2023 (7:55am)Wednesday, February 22, 2023 (9:59am)
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Aerial view of the Wirk, Rousay. (Bobby Friel)
Excavation Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Link: Is the Wirk a castle? Evaluating previous excavations

A new blog post for the Castle Studies Trust, by Dan Lee and Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon, on the 2021 excavation at the Wirk, Rousay.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, February 21, 2023 (8:02am)Thursday, March 2, 2023 (12:08pm)
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Midhowe stalls, Rousay.
Neolithic Tombs of the Isles

Tombs of the Isles – Midhowe, Knowe of Yarso and Hermisgarth additions

Two more updates to our Tombs of the Isles project pages – the addition of an early report of the excavations at Midhowe and the Knowe of Yarso.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, February 17, 2023 (7:32am)Tuesday, February 14, 2023 (12:54pm)
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Visitors at Ness of Brodgar (Jim Richardson)
Neolithic Ness of Brodgar Post-excavation Postgraduate Research

Link: Investigating the function and significance of multi-hollowed cobbles in the Orcadian Neolithic

In a new blog post for the Ness of Brodgar, UHI Archaeology Institute MRes student Gary Lloyd introduces his new research project looking into multi-hollowed cobbles in the Orcadian Neolithic.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, February 13, 2023 (1:07pm)Monday, February 13, 2023 (1:12pm)
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Excavation Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Dates set for this summer’s excavation at Skaill farm

Excavation of the multi-period settlement site at Skaill, Rousay, resumes on July 10, running until July 28.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, February 13, 2023 (7:37am)Thursday, February 9, 2023 (10:38am)
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Ceramics specialists in Orkney.
LIFTE Skaill Farmstead

Trade routes revealed – experts examine late and post-medieval ceramics imported into Orkney

As part of the LIFTE research project, an international group of ceramics specialists gathered in Orkney this week to examine the entire assemblage of imported late medieval and early post medieval pottery from Orkney.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, February 10, 2023 (8:06pm)Friday, February 10, 2023 (8:06pm)
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Geophysical survey under way at Whale Point, Sanday. (ORCA)
Neolithic Tombs of the Isles

Geophysics casts doubt on two Neolithic tomb candidates in Sanday

Geophysical surveys of two possible Neolithic chambered cairns in Sanday were among the Tombs of the Isles project activities that took place at the end of 2022.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, February 9, 2023 (8:02am)Tuesday, February 14, 2023 (10:00am)
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Neolithic Tombs of the Isles

Tombs of the Isles – Taversoe Tuick and Blackhammer updated

Work on our Tombs of the Isles project is ongoing, as we gather more information on the sites of definite and suspected chambered cairns in Orkney’s North Isles.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, February 6, 2023 (11:56am)Monday, February 6, 2023 (12:48pm)
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ORCA excavation project at Swartigill, Caithness.
ORCA

ORCA re-registered by chartered institute after successful inspection

ORCA, the commercial arm of the UHI Archaeology Institute, has been re-registered by the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA)

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, February 6, 2023 (9:26am)Monday, February 6, 2023 (9:34am)
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Basking seals
Research Zooarchaeology

Researcher bound for Orkney on three-month scholarship exchange

The UHI Archaeology Institute will host a researcher from India in April as part of an international programme run by the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities (SGSAH).

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, February 1, 2023 (7:30am)Wednesday, February 1, 2023 (7:33am)
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Postgraduate Student Stories Zooarchaeology

PhD thesis earns prize for UHI Archaeology Institute researcher

Dr Magdalena Blanz has been awarded the BAG-Förderpreis 2021 by the Austrian Society for Bioarchaeology (BAG) for her PhD dissertation.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, January 31, 2023 (9:00am)Wednesday, February 1, 2023 (7:32am)
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News

Students urged to complete Orkney Islands Council housing survey

Orkney Islands Council is looking to engage with students – recent movers to Orkney and those looking to move – to find out more about their housing needs.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, January 26, 2023 (12:36pm)Thursday, January 26, 2023 (12:37pm)
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Plan of The Cairns Excavation
Iron Age Seminar The Cairns

Seminar: new thoughts on Iron Age stalled buildings of northern Scotland

The first UHI Archaeology Institute online research seminar of 2023 takes place next week and will see Martin Carruthers and Scott Timpany casting a fresh eye on Iron Age stalled buildings.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, January 25, 2023 (12:27pm)Wednesday, January 25, 2023 (12:35pm)
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SIRFA Orkney Symposium - March 2023

2023 Excavation Dates

  • The Cairns, South Ronaldsay: June 12 – July 7.
  • Ness of Brodgar: July 5 – August 17.
  • Skaill Farm, Rousay: July 10 – July 28.
  • Swartigill, Caithness: To be confirmed.
Tombs of the Isles Project

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Postgraduate archaeology students fieldwalking near Maeshowe last week. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Archaeology postgraduate students field walking to north-east of Maeshowe this morning. #archaeology #fieldwork #thinkuhi #orkneycollege
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