Video: Finding the Mesolithic in Orkney – talk and walk in Stronsay
The recording of Dr Ben Elliot and Dan Lee’s talk, delivered in Stronsay on September 13, 2022
Video: Island Stories – archaeology and climate change
The recording of Professor Jane Downes’s welcome seminar for students, which looks the effect of climate change on archaeological heritage.
Wyre excavation helps provide new insights into Neolithic farming in Scotland
The archaeobotanical assemblage from the Braes of Ha’Breck, on the Orkney island of Wyre, is among those analysed in a new paper published in the journal Antiquity.
Two new books from Mark Edmonds
News just in of two new books by our friend Mark Edmonds, Visiting Professor at the UHI Archaeology Institute and Research Coordinator at the Ness of Brodgar.
Swartigill dig diary 2022 – week two
The excavation of the Swartigill Iron Age settlement has reached the end of its second week, and we have had some exciting finds and made a lot of progress.
Earl Rognvald in the spotlight
Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon and UHI Archaeology Institute PhD student Jenny Murray will be among the speakers at the St Magnus Symposium in Orkney on Friday.
Tombs of the Isles launch date for Shapinsay
The rescheduled Shapinsay launch event for the Tombs of the Isles project will take place on Tuesday, September 6.
Norse feasting on the menu at 2022 Orkney International Science Festival
Professor Ingrid Mainland, of the UHI Archaeology Institute, will be joined by Dr Colleen Batey next week for a talk on feasting in Norse Orkney.
Spectacular Iron Age bead is Swartigill excavation’s find of the day
The star find at the ongoing Swartigill excavation yesterday must be this little flash of colour and decoration straight from the Iron Age! It is a half fragment of a beautifully decorated glass
Swartigill dig diary 2022 – week one
At the end of our first week of excavation at the Swartigill Iron Age settlement, we are already starting to see some intriguing features within the structures, and tantalising traces of things to come.
Link: Designed to enchant – the great dolmens of Neolithic northern Europe
An article from Current Archaeology magazine looking at dolmens – in particular the thoughts of Professor Colin Richards (UHI Archaeology Institute) and Professor Vicki Cummings (University of Central Lancashire).
Archaeologists back at Swartigill Iron Age site next week
The UHI Archaeology Institute begins its sixth season of excavation at the Burn of Swartigill on Monday, August 15.
Students extremely satisfied with postgraduate archaeology courses
For the second year running our MA in Contemporary Art and Archaeology has a 100 per cent student satisfaction rating, while our MLitt in Archaeological Studies secured a 94 per cent satisfaction rate.
New project to investigate crannogs in Orkney launched
Next week a team from from the UHI Archaeology Institute will begin the a new project investigating crannogs in Orkney.
Link: Wonderful things hiding in plain sight: art at the Ness of Brodgar
A new blog post by Dr Antonia Thomas, on the subject of Neolithic art at the Ness of Brodgar, is now available on the Ola Gorie website.
PhD success for another Archaeology Institute student
UHI Archaeology Institute PhD student Darroch Bratt has passed his viva with flying colours.
Archaeology and Climate Change – free talk by institute director in Stromness
Professor Jane Downes, the director of the UHI Archaeology Institute, will deliver a free talk in the Stromness Golf Club, Orkney, next Friday evening.
Head to Rousay on Saturday for Skaill excavation open day – all welcome!
The ongoing excavations at Skaill farm, Rousay, are hosting an open day this Saturday, July 16.