Re-excavating the stone circle – a look back at the 2008 Ring of Brodgar dig
After the original was lost, we’ve collected all the material from the 2008 Ring of Brodgar excavation dig diary, expanded on it, and made it available online again.
Category: Research
Talking St Magnus on ‘Scotland’s Sacred Islands’ TV programme
Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon is one of the guests on the next episode of the television programme Scotland’s Sacred Islands with Ben Fogle.
‘Gaan Nort’ – capturing the oral history of Orkney’s North Isles
Our new website section outlining a project to capture the oral history of Orkney’s North Isles is now available.
‘Orkney’s enigmatic seal-ationship’ – research showcase online
The results of her Camellia Biswas’ research project – Orkney’s Enigmatic Seal-ationship: Mapping Dynamics of Eco-Cultural Evolution Of Human-Seal Relations in the Orkney Islands – are now available online.
Sarah Jane heading to Bergen for medieval conference and lecture
UHI Archaeology Institute lecturer Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon is in Norway this week after being invited to attend a workshop hosted by the University of Bergen research group Medieval History – religion and everyday life.
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.
South Pacific cultural heritage survey – new reports now available
Earlier this year, Professors Jane Downes and Colin Richards were back in the Cook Islands and Niue as part of an ongoing project to document endangered cultural heritage sites.
First phase of Energy Heritage Strategy project complete with report available to download
The first phase of a project to develop an Energy Heritage Strategy for Orkney has been completed, with the report now available to download.
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.
Work under way to develop an energy heritage strategy for Orkney
An innovative new project to document the history of energy production in Orkney is under way, its goal to create an Energy Heritage Strategy for the county.
Seed funding for international knowledge exchange projects
Three research projects involving the UHI Archaeology Institute’s Dr Antonia Thomas have been awarded funding from the British Academy and Royal Irish Academy.
Institute environmental archaeologist promoted to UHI Associate Professor
Dr Scott Timpany has been promoted to the role of Associate Professor in recognition of his contributions to research and teaching at the UHI Archaeology Institute.
Provisional geophysics results from suspected Rousay, Shapinsay and Stronsay tomb sites
Thanks to funding from the North Isles Landscape Partnership (NILPS), a team from ORCA (UHI Archaeology Institute) undertook three geophysical surveys at three suspected Orkney Neolithic chambered cairn sites for the Tombs of the Isles project.
Institute welcomes University of Oslo visitors to Orkney
The UHI Archaeology Institute played host to a group from the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, this morning.