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Neolithic Tombs of the Isles

Tombs of the Isles – Taversoe Tuick and Blackhammer updated

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

ORCA re-registered by chartered institute after successful inspection

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

Researcher bound for Orkney on three-month scholarship exchange

by Sigurd Towrie Wednesday, February 1, 2023 (7:30am)Wednesday, February 1, 2023 (7:33am)
Seaweed featured image

PhD thesis earns prize for UHI Archaeology Institute researcher

by Sigurd Towrie Tuesday, January 31, 2023 (9:00am)Wednesday, February 1, 2023 (7:32am)
(Jim Richardson)

Hours left to cast your vote in Current Archaeology awards

by Sigurd Towrie Tuesday, January 31, 2023 (8:00am)Monday, January 30, 2023 (5:29pm)
Orkney College UHI
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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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Conference Research

Orkney to host SIRFA’s final archaeology symposium in March

A four-day archaeological research conference is being held in Orkney in March as the final event in the development of Scotland’s Islands Research Framework for Archaeology (SIRFA).

by Sigurd TowrieSunday, January 22, 2023 (10:51am)Sunday, January 22, 2023 (10:51am)
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News

Celebrating archaeology in Scotland – 2022 edition available to download

The latest issue of Celebrating Archaeology in Scotland magazine is now available to download.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, January 20, 2023 (10:43am)Friday, January 20, 2023 (10:43am)
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Maeshowe interior. (Jim Richardson)
Neolithic Ness of Brodgar

Links: ‘Orkney – Centre of the Stone Age’ and ‘The Art of Neolithic Orkney’ podcasts

A new podcast from History Hit, looking at Orkney’s Neolithic remains, including Maeshowe, the Ring of Brodgar, Skara Brae and a section on the Ness of Brodgar, featuring Nick Card and Roy Towers.

by Sigurd TowrieSunday, January 15, 2023 (11:02am)Monday, January 16, 2023 (1:40pm)
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Research Student Stories

Staff and students in Elgin for 2023’s first conference

Staff and students from the UHI Archaeology Institute have been in Elgin this week for the 2023 UHI Research Conference.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, January 12, 2023 (10:01am)Thursday, January 12, 2023 (10:01am)
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Julie Gibson at Noltland Castle, Westray
News

County archaeologist hangs up her trowel after digging deep into Orkney’s past for quarter of a century

The thrill of never quite knowing what great archaeological find may quite literally be unearthed next is certainly going to be missed by Julie Gibson, who retired as Orkney’s county archaeologist at the end of 2022.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, January 11, 2023 (8:32am)Wednesday, January 11, 2023 (8:59am)
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Decorated Ness of Brodgar Stone
Art & Archaeology Research

Impact of art and archaeology in Orkney highlighted in new article

The impact of art and archaeology in Orkney is one of the case studies highlighted in the latest edition of British Archaeology magazine.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, January 9, 2023 (11:00am)Friday, January 13, 2023 (2:10pm)
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Trench P at the Ness of Brodgar. (Hugo Anderson Whymark)
Neolithic Ness of Brodgar

Link: The Ness of Brodgar – marking 20 years of Neolithic discoveries

In the summer of 2022, Current Archaeology‘s Carly Hilts visited the Ness of Brodgar excavation to see progress on the site and hear the latest thinking on the Neolithic complex.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, January 3, 2023 (4:10pm)Tuesday, January 3, 2023 (4:10pm)
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Maeshowe interior. (Jim Richardson)
Neolithic

Video: Marking the winter solstice at Maeshowe chambered cairn

Today, Wednesday, December 21, we celebrate the winter solstice – a day intextricably linked to the Maeshowe in Stenness.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, December 21, 2022 (8:00am)Wednesday, December 21, 2022 (7:18am)
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Publications Viking/Norse Zooarchaeology

New book to bring Viking studies into 21st century

Professor Ingrid Mainland is one of the authors in a major new publication on Viking and Norse Age Scotland.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, December 15, 2022 (12:19pm)Thursday, December 15, 2022 (12:20pm)
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deer fighting with their antlers
Bronze Age Neolithic Zooarchaeology

Wild things – investigating prehistoric red deer in Scotland’s islands

Two zooarchaeologists from the UHI Archaeology Institute are among the researchers looking at the role of red deer in the prehistory of Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, December 9, 2022 (8:40am)Thursday, December 8, 2022 (12:01am)
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Knap of Howar (Colin Richards)
Neolithic Publications Research

Neolithic house societies in Orkney – download book for free

The Development of Neolithic House Societies in Orkney: Investigations in the Bay of Firth, Mainland, Orkney (1994–2014), edited by Colin Richards and Richard Jones, is available as a free PDF via Oxbow books.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, December 8, 2022 (1:10pm)Thursday, December 8, 2022 (3:14pm)
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Outreach St Magnus Graffiti Project

Link: Marks of devotion – exploring historic graffiti in St Magnus Cathedral

Marks of devotion: exploring historic graffiti in St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall – an article on Current Archaeology’s The Past website outlining the St Magnus Cathedral Graffiti Project.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, December 7, 2022 (8:56am)Wednesday, December 7, 2022 (9:04am)
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Braehour, Caithness
Research Undergraduate

Prestigious dissertation prize awarded to Archaeology Institute BSc graduate

UHI Archaeology Institute BSc graduate Sue Dyke has won a prestigious award for her undergraduate dissertation.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, December 5, 2022 (10:56am)Wednesday, December 7, 2022 (11:41pm)
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Neolithic Research

Neolithic dolmen study on shortlist for Research Project of the Year

Professor Colin Richards’ investigation into Neolithic dolmens is up for the title of the Current Archaeology’s Research Project of the Year, with voting now open to the public.

by Sigurd TowrieSaturday, December 3, 2022 (8:00am)Thursday, December 1, 2022 (12:23pm)
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On a roll this morning so new pics also added to the Tombs of the Isles page detailing Rousay's Blackhammer stalled cairn. Link in bio. #Orkney #Rousay #Archeology #Neolithic #ChamberedCairn #ChamberedTomb #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
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.
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The Broch of Gurness with a later (reconstructed) Pictish building in the foreground. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

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