‘Prehistoric Policies’ research project secures British Academy funding
A research project looking at how ideas of prehistory are used by policy makers has been awarded funding from the British Academy’s Knowledge Frontiers programme.
Category: Mesolithic
MLitt graduate’s peer-reviewed paper published in experimental archaeology journal
A peer-reviewed paper by Andrew Fitches, a graduate of our MLitt in Archaeological Studies programme, and Dr Ben Elliot has been published in the EXARC Journal.
Masters research into Mesolithic tools leads to a PhD project for Lucille
Mesolithic stone tools are the subject of a new PhD research project being undertaken by UHI Archaeology Institute graduate Lucille Rodrigues.
Project takes to the fields in search of early prehistoric activity in Stronsay
We’ve been out in Stronsay for a two-day fieldwalking exercise looking for evidence of the island’s early prehistory.
Link: Reconstructing the landscape of Brodgar’s prehistoric communities
UHI Archaeology Institute MRes student Sue Dyke updates us on her research project to reconstruct the landscape around the Ness of Brodgar using pollen analysis.
Colonialism and the European Mesolithic – debate papers available online
The final comments in an invited debate over colonial legacies within European Prehistory have now been published, open access, by the Norwegian Archaeological Review.
Prehistory on the Edge – two-day conference in memory of Caroline Wickham-Jones
The University of Aberdeen is hosting a two-day conference next week in memory of the late Caroline Wickham-Jones.
Video: Finding the Mesolithic in Orkney – talk and walk in Stronsay
The recording of Dr Ben Elliot and Dan Lee’s talk, delivered in Stronsay on September 13, 2022
Video: Masks Unmasked – tracing traditions of mask wearing in the hunter-gatherer communities of Early Prehistoric Europe
The recording of the first monthly UHI Archaeology Institute research seminar of the 2021/22 season, which took place on Friday, September 3.
Video: A new set of threads: the production and design of ‘Into the Wildwoods’ and ‘The First Foresters’
Matt Ritchie, an archaeologist with Forestry and Land Scotland, outlines the development and production of the Into the Wildwoods (2020) and The First Foresters (2019) booklets followed by an question-and-answer session.
Eating out in Skye 8000 years ago
Nut shells found during an archaeological dig in Skye were from the hunter gatherer period more than 8,000 years ago, tests have confirmed.