Video: Trade in early modern Orkney kicks off 2026 seminar season
The recording of Friday’s seminar, on “Traders and Produce in Early Modern Orkney”.
Category: LIFTE
Institute’s LIFTE research appears in two chapters of new book
Two chapters from UHI Archaeology Institute contributors feature in a new book looking at social and economic interaction in the medieval and early modern European countryside.
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LIFTE research highlighted at ‘Northern Narratives’ conference
The UHI Archaeology Institute’s LIFTE project featured prominently in the recent Renaissance and Early Modern Research Alliance (REMRA) Northern Narratives conference.
LIFTE research features in exhibitions and new downloadable booklet
The Looking in from the Edge (LIFTE) research project continues apace, with two exhibitions under way and another two due to start shortly.
LIFTE pottery research among 2023’s ‘most amazing’ Scottish discoveries
Research carried out by the LIFTE research project has been named one of Scotland’s five “most amazing archaeological discoveries of 2023”.
Exhibition on trade in early modern Orkney at Stromness Museum
An exhibition offering a glimpse into life and aspects of trade in Orkney from the late 15th to the early 18th century opens at the Stromness Museum on Saturday, November 25.
LIFTE project on the programme at Ruralia conference in Norway
The ongoing LIFTE research project was one of the topics discussed at the Ruralia conference in Norway this week.
LIFTE impact highlighted by research council
The impact of the Looking in from the Edge (LIFTE) research project is one of two highlighted by the AHRC funding body in their April newsletter.
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.
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.
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.
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.