
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.
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.
The ongoing LIFTE research project was one of the topics discussed at the Ruralia conference in Norway this week.
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.
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.
The LIFTE project team gathered in Orkney for their first in-person meeting since the project began in October 2020.
Monday’s star find of the ongoing Lerwick Garden Dig was a bone comb fragment, found in the Bank Lane area of the town.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A selection of drone photographs of Skaill and the Wirk, Rousay, courtesy of Bobby Friel.
Overhead views of the Skaill site, Rousay, on the penultimate day of the 2021 excavation.