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Category: Research

Basking seals
Research Zooarchaeology

Researcher bound for Orkney on three-month scholarship exchange

The UHI Archaeology Institute will host a researcher from India in April as part of an international programme run by the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities (SGSAH).

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, February 1, 2023 (7:30am)Wednesday, February 1, 2023 (7:33am)
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(Jim Richardson)
News Research

Hours left to cast your vote in Current Archaeology awards

With the polls closing tomorrow, there’s only a few hours left to vote for us in the 2023 Current Archaeology Awards.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, January 31, 2023 (8:00am)Monday, January 30, 2023 (5:29pm)
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Conference Research

Orkney to host SIRFA’s final archaeology symposium in March

A four-day archaeological research conference is being held in Orkney in March as the final event in the development of Scotland’s Islands Research Framework for Archaeology (SIRFA).

by Sigurd TowrieSunday, January 22, 2023 (10:51am)Sunday, January 22, 2023 (10:51am)
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Research Student Stories

Staff and students in Elgin for 2023’s first conference

Staff and students from the UHI Archaeology Institute have been in Elgin this week for the 2023 UHI Research Conference.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, January 12, 2023 (10:01am)Thursday, January 12, 2023 (10:01am)
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Decorated Ness of Brodgar Stone
Art & Archaeology Research

Impact of art and archaeology in Orkney highlighted in new article

The impact of art and archaeology in Orkney is one of the case studies highlighted in the latest edition of British Archaeology magazine.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, January 9, 2023 (11:00am)Friday, January 13, 2023 (2:10pm)
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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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Braehour, Caithness
Research Undergraduate

Prestigious dissertation prize awarded to Archaeology Institute BSc graduate

UHI Archaeology Institute BSc graduate Sue Dyke has won a prestigious award for her undergraduate dissertation.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, December 5, 2022 (10:56am)Wednesday, December 7, 2022 (11:41pm)
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Picture: Colin Richards
Neolithic Research

Neolithic dolmen study on shortlist for Research Project of the Year

Professor Colin Richards’ investigation into Neolithic dolmens is up for the title of the Current Archaeology’s Research Project of the Year, with voting now open to the public.

by Sigurd TowrieSaturday, December 3, 2022 (8:00am)Thursday, December 1, 2022 (12:23pm)
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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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Bay of Skaill, Orkney
Orkney Outreach Research

Raggie’s quest for tales of places and surnames

Dr Ragnhild Ljosland updates us on her “Vikings, Pirates, and Shipwrecked Princesses” project.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, November 22, 2022 (8:00am)Sunday, November 20, 2022 (1:04pm)
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Visitors at Ness of Brodgar
Neolithic Ness of Brodgar Post-excavation Research Zooarchaeology

New paper: Life and death of sheep and deer at the Ness of Brodgar

Professor Ingrid Mainland and Nick Card are among the authors of a new paper on the faunal remains from the Ness of Brodgar.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, November 21, 2022 (8:00am)Monday, November 21, 2022 (3:46pm)
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Outreach Research

Hear the legends behind family and place names in Orkney

Three events are taking place in November as part of Vikings, Pirates, and Shipwrecked Princesses – a project recording folklore attached to Orkney names – and Book Week Scotland 2022.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, October 20, 2022 (10:00am)Thursday, October 20, 2022 (9:58am)
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Neolithic Research

Wyre excavation helps provide new insights into Neolithic farming in Scotland

The archaeobotanical assemblage from the Braes of Ha’Breck, on the Orkney island of Wyre, is among those analysed in a new paper published in the journal Antiquity.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, September 14, 2022 (5:41pm)Wednesday, September 14, 2022 (5:41pm)
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St Magnus Cathedral
Research Viking/Norse

Earl Rognvald in the spotlight

Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon and UHI Archaeology Institute PhD student Jenny Murray will be among the speakers at the St Magnus Symposium in Orkney on Friday.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, August 31, 2022 (8:00am)Wednesday, August 31, 2022 (9:20am)
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Shapinsay Tombs of the Isles
Neolithic Outreach Research Tombs of the Isles

Tombs of the Isles launch date for Shapinsay

The rescheduled Shapinsay launch event for the Tombs of the Isles project will take place on Tuesday, September 6.

by Sigurd TowrieSunday, August 28, 2022 (9:02am)Friday, August 26, 2022 (10:17am)
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