LIFTE team gather for research project’s first in-person meeting
The LIFTE project team gathered in Orkney for their first in-person meeting since the project began in October 2020.
Category: LIFTE
Bone comb fragment unearthed in Lerwick test pit
Monday’s star find of the ongoing Lerwick Garden Dig was a bone comb fragment, found in the Bank Lane area of the town.
Garden dig turning up interesting finds in Lerwick
Our “Lerwick Garden Dig” is off to a great start in Shetland over the weekend with some interesting finds, going back to the 17th century.
‘Lerwick Garden Dig’ gets under way in Shetland
A team from the Archaeology Institute UHI are in Shetland today as part of Looking in from the Edge (LIFTE) – an international project examining the Northern Isles’ place in European trade networks of the 15th to 18th centuries.
Skaill farmstead excavation resumes in July
Excavation at the multi-period settlement site at Skaill, Rousay, resumes in July.
Only days left to apply for our part-funded MRes studentships
There’s only a few days left to apply if you’re interested in applying for one of the three part-funded Masters by Research (MRes) studentships at the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute.
Three part-funded MRes places available at UHI Archaeology Institute
The University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute has three part-funded Masters by Research (MRes) studentships available – two for the LIFTE project and one relating to the Ness of Brodgar.
Test pitting in Shetland in search of evidence of European trade
Dan Lee, from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, reports on the LIFTE excavations looking at the Northern Isles place in the European trade networks of the 15th to 18th centuries.
Excavations looking at Shetland’s place in European trade networks get under way
Excavation work is under way in Shetland as part of the Looking in from the Edge (LIFTE) project looking at the Northern Isles place in the European trade networks of the 15th to 18th centuries.
Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: aerial gallery
A selection of drone photographs of Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay, courtesy of Bobby Friel.
Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Nine
Overhead views of the Skaill site, Rousay, on the penultimate day of the 2021 excavation.
Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Eight
We are starting to wrap things up at Skaill and the Wirk.
A day in Rousay…
Photographic gallery from Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay.
Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Seven
The second week is proving really productive at Skaill as we get down into the lower horizons inside and outside the farm buildings.
Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Six
It’s the start if the second week at Skaill and The Wirk.
Rousay excavations from above
Drone footage from last week’s excavations at Skaill and the Wirk courtesy of Bobby Friel (@takethehighview).
Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Five
At the end of the first week of the 2021 season, here is today’s excavation update from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute’s Dan Lee.
Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Four
Today’s excavation update from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute’s Dan Lee.