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Category: LIFTE

LIFTE Research

LIFTE team gather for research project’s first in-person meeting

den Dig, the LIFTE project team gathered in Orkney for their first in-person meeting since the project began in October 2020.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, May 9, 2022 (12:56pm)Monday, May 9, 2022 (1:32pm)
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Excavation LIFTE Shetland

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.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, May 3, 2022 (9:53am)Thursday, May 5, 2022 (1:04pm)
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Lerwick Garden Dig (Dan Lee)
Excavation LIFTE Shetland

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.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, May 2, 2022 (9:48am)Thursday, May 5, 2022 (1:04pm)
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Excavation LIFTE Shetland

‘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.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, April 29, 2022 (8:00am)Tuesday, May 3, 2022 (9:42am)
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Bobby Friel/@takethehighview
Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Skaill farmstead excavation resumes in July

Excavation at the multi-period settlement site at Skaill, Rousay, resumes in July.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, March 9, 2022 (7:00am)Monday, May 2, 2022 (11:05am)
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Bone deposit from the Ness of Brodgar
LIFTE Ness of Brodgar Postgraduate Research

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.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, October 15, 2021 (12:41pm)Friday, October 15, 2021 (4:43pm)
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LIFTE Ness of Brodgar Postgraduate Research

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.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, September 14, 2021 (8:30am)Tuesday, September 14, 2021 (8:36am)
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A dig with a view. Excavations under way at Gunnister, Shetland. (Dan Lee)
Excavation LIFTE Shetland

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.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, August 12, 2021 (7:37pm)Thursday, August 12, 2021 (7:38pm)
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Excavation LIFTE

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.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, August 6, 2021 (7:44pm)
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Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead

Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: aerial gallery

A selection of drone photographs of Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay, courtesy of Bobby Friel.

by Sigurd TowrieSaturday, July 17, 2021 (1:18pm)Monday, July 26, 2021 (8:17am)
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Bobby Friel/@takethehighview
Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Nine

Overhead views of the Skaill site, Rousay, on the penultimate day of the 2021 excavation.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, July 16, 2021 (7:06pm)
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Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Eight

We are starting to wrap things up at Skaill and the Wirk.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, July 15, 2021 (6:52pm)
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Excavation LIFTE Rousay Viking/Norse

A day in Rousay…

Photographic gallery from Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, July 14, 2021 (8:53pm)Wednesday, July 14, 2021 (8:56pm)
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Dan Lee
Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

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.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, July 14, 2021 (7:55pm)Wednesday, July 14, 2021 (8:03pm)
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Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Six

It’s the start if the second week at Skaill and The Wirk.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, July 12, 2021 (9:55pm)Monday, July 26, 2021 (8:14am)
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LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Rousay excavations from above

Drone footage from last week’s excavations at Skaill and the Wirk courtesy of Bobby Friel (@takethehighview).

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, July 12, 2021 (8:06pm)
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Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

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.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, July 9, 2021 (8:18pm)
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Excavation LIFTE Rousay Skaill Farmstead Viking/Norse

Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay: Day Four

Today’s excavation update from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute’s Dan Lee.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, July 8, 2021 (11:06pm)
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