Experts gathering in Orkney for this weekend’s SIRFA symposium
Experts from around the world are gathering in Orkney this weekend for the third, and final, Scotland’s Island Research Framework for Archaeology (SIRFA) symposium.
Sigurd Towrie
Neolithic Orkney in its wider context – free talk in Kirkwall this Sunday
As part of this weekend’s SIRFA symposium, a free talk is taking place in the Orkney Theatre, Kirkwall, on Sunday, March 26, at 6.30pm.
Masters students out fieldwalking in the shadow of Maeshowe
Postgraduate students were out fieldwalking in Orkney’s West Mainland last week – their focus a newly ploughed field to the north-east of Maeshow
Seminar: ‘Beyond Hillshade’ – LiDAR visualisation techniques in Orkney
This month’s free research seminar features Crane Begg, from the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology, who will discuss his project to evaluate different visualisation techniques using LiDAR in Orkney.
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.
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.
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.
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.
‘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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)