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Category: Publications

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Publications Viking/Norse Zooarchaeology

New book to bring Viking studies into 21st century

Professor Ingrid Mainland is one of the authors in a major new publication on Viking and Norse Age Scotland.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, December 15, 2022 (12:19pm)Thursday, December 15, 2022 (12:20pm)
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Knap of Howar (Colin Richards)
Neolithic Publications Research

Neolithic house societies in Orkney – download book for free

The Development of Neolithic House Societies in Orkney: Investigations in the Bay of Firth, Mainland, Orkney (1994–2014), edited by Colin Richards and Richard Jones, is available as a free PDF via Oxbow books.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, December 8, 2022 (1:10pm)Thursday, December 8, 2022 (3:14pm)
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(Jim Richardson)
News Publications Research

Vote now – ‘Landscapes Revealed’ in running for Current Archaeology Book of the Year

Our book ‘Landscapes Revealed’ has been nominated for Book of the Year in the Current Archaeology Awards.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, December 1, 2022 (9:00am)Thursday, December 1, 2022 (9:45am)
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Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre
Publications Research

‘They are preserved forever’ – research paper appears in new open access publication

A paper by Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon and Dr James Moore is among those found in a new open access publication, “Unlocking Sacred Landscapes: Religious and Insular Identities in Context”.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, November 28, 2022 (8:15am)Wednesday, November 23, 2022 (9:51am)
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After Orcadia cover
News Publications

Two new books from Mark Edmonds

News just in of two new books by our friend Mark Edmonds, Visiting Professor at the UHI Archaeology Institute and Research Coordinator at the Ness of Brodgar.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, September 6, 2022 (7:19pm)Tuesday, September 6, 2022 (7:19pm)
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North Ronaldsay Sheep
Publications Zooarchaeology

Chemical evidence of seaweed consumption in sheep – new paper available online

A new paper co-authored by the UHI Archaeology Institute’s Professor Ingrid Mainland is now available online.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, February 2, 2022 (10:42am)Wednesday, February 2, 2022 (10:49am)
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Maldives excavation
Publications

New book focuses on the archaeology of the medieval Maldives

UHI Archaeology Institute team is one of the co-editors of a new book on the archaeology of the Maldives.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, January 26, 2022 (2:39pm)Wednesday, January 26, 2022 (2:39pm)
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Pentre Ifan, South Wales. (Professor Colin Richards)
Neolithic Publications Research

New book explores the Early Neolithic monuments built to enchant

An exciting new perspective on prehistoric dolmens awaits readers of a new book by Professor Colin Richards of the UHI Archaeology Institute and Prof Vicki Cummings of the University of Central Lancashire.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, September 29, 2021 (9:46am)Wednesday, January 12, 2022 (10:03am)
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Publications The Cairns Zooarchaeology

New paper – evidence of the grey whale at Scottish archaeological sites

A new paper co-authored by the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute’s Dr Ingrid Mainland and Martin Carruthers was launched today and is free to access online.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, May 21, 2021 (7:39pm)Tuesday, May 25, 2021 (1:48pm)
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Picture: Jo Bourne
Publications

Call for papers – Visiting the Past: A Re-enactment Handbook

In this call for papers, we welcome contributions on how to practically go about organising re-enactments, from, for example, re-enactors, guides, museum curators and educators, experimental archaeologists, historians, and teachers.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, April 28, 2021 (8:00am)Friday, April 30, 2021 (11:40am)
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Ness of Brodgar
Neolithic Ness of Brodgar Publications

Ness of Brodgar interim monograph back in stock

After the first print-run of 1,000 copies sold out in January – just over two months after its release – The Ness of Brodgar: As it Stands is available to buy again.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, March 15, 2021 (10:24am)Thursday, March 25, 2021 (3:00pm)
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Neolithic Publications Research

Researchers suggest Stonehenge’s first stone circle was transplanted from Welsh hillside

Professor Colin Richards, of the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, is co-author of a new paper proposing that a stone circle in Wales was the source of the first megaliths erected at the site of Stonehenge.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, February 12, 2021 (7:00am)Thursday, March 25, 2021 (3:57pm)
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Ness of Brodgar
Neolithic Ness of Brodgar Publications

Ness of Brodgar book a best-seller with second print run under way

Less than two months since its launch, the third volume in the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute research series has almost sold out.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, January 22, 2021 (10:30am)Monday, November 28, 2022 (8:27am)
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Trench P at the Ness of Brodgar. (Hugo Anderson Whymark)
Neolithic Ness of Brodgar Publications

Introducing the forthcoming Ness of Brodgar book

Nick Card and Anne Mitchell of the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute introduce the forthcoming interim monograph, The Ness of Brodgar: As it Stands.

by Sigurd TowrieSunday, November 1, 2020 (1:07pm)Wednesday, March 10, 2021 (7:51pm)
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Neolithic Ness of Brodgar Publications

‘The Ness of Brodgar: As it Stands’ – November launch for third volume of UHI Archaeology Institute’s research series

A November release date has been set for the third volume of the UHI Archaeology Institute’s research series.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, October 7, 2020 (8:10am)Monday, November 28, 2022 (8:26am)
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Publications Research

Landscapes Revealed – second volume of UHI Archaeology Institute research series out now

A substantial Neolithic settlement at the north-western end of the Ness of Brodgar is one of hundreds of new archaeological sites outlined in a new book from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute.

by Sigurd TowrieSaturday, October 3, 2020 (7:35am)Monday, November 28, 2022 (10:47am)
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