LIFTE Archives - Archaeology Orkney

LIFTE Research

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.