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Category: Seminar

Werden Abbey
Seminar Zooarchaeology

Entangled sources – zooarchaeology and the economy of Werden Abbey

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, May 20, 2022 (8:00am)Friday, May 20, 2022 (11:26am)
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Maeshowe interior. (Jim Richardson)
Seminar Viking/Norse

Video: ‘A great show-off’ – carving as an expression of self in the runic inscriptions of Maeshowe

Maeshowe’s runes featured in April’s UHI Archaeology Institute online seminar, which saw Dr Karen Langsholt Holmqvist present her research on medieval runic graffiti.

by Sigurd TowrieSaturday, April 30, 2022 (11:20am)Thursday, May 5, 2022 (1:04pm)
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Art & Archaeology Seminar

Talking bruck – free online seminar on the art and archaeology of waste in Orkney

The art and archaeology of rubbish is the subject of a free online seminar by Dr Antonia Thomas next week.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, April 18, 2022 (12:34pm)Monday, May 2, 2022 (11:04am)
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Neolithic Ness of Brodgar Seminar

Video: Connections across Britain and Ireland during the age of Stonehenge

Nick Card, of the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute and director of the Ness of Brodgar excavation, was a speaker in a British Museum talk last week on links between Neolithic Orkney and the rest of Britain and Ireland.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, April 12, 2022 (7:17am)Monday, May 2, 2022 (11:08am)
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Research Seminar

Video: ‘Roots and routes’: Journey along the Ara Metua

Register now for March’s free UHI Archaeology Seminar – “Roots and Routes in Polynesia: investigating the fabulous Ara Metua and the colonisation of Rarotonga”

by Sigurd TowrieSaturday, March 26, 2022 (9:25am)Monday, May 2, 2022 (11:05am)
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Seminar

Video: The memorialisation of religious and community identities in Orkney

The recording of February’s UHI Archaeology Institute research seminar, which took place on Friday, February 25, 2022.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, February 28, 2022 (11:46am)Monday, May 2, 2022 (11:10am)
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Neolithic Seminar

Video: Discussing dolmens – in conversation with Professors Colin Richards and Vicki Cummings

On Tuesday, February 1, 2022, Professor Colin Richards of the UHI Archaeology Institute was joined by Professor Vicki Cummings, of the University of Central Lancashire, to discuss prehistoric dolmens – the subject of their recently published book.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, February 3, 2022 (7:40am)Wednesday, February 2, 2022 (6:56pm)
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(Kelvin Wilson)
Bronze Age Neolithic Seminar

Video: ‘Grave matters: harnessing the enduring power of prehistoric grave goods’

The recording of January’s UHI Archaeology Institute research seminar, which took place on Friday, January 28, 2022.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, February 2, 2022 (8:00am)Monday, January 31, 2022 (10:08am)
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Stromness Museum
Seminar

An evening with Professor Dan Hicks – online talk postponed until 2022

The talk by Professor Dan Hicks, curator of the world-renowned Pitt Rivers Museum and Professor of Contemporary Archaeology at the University of Oxford, that was due to take place on Wednesday, December 15, has been cancelled.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, December 7, 2021 (2:19pm)Thursday, December 16, 2021 (10:22am)
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Tresness Neolithic Cairn, Sanday
Bronze Age Neolithic Sanday Seminar

Video: Tresness – fresh findings from Sanday stalled cairn

The recording of November’s UHI Archaeology Institute research seminar, which took place on Friday, November 26, 2021.

by Sigurd TowrieSaturday, November 27, 2021 (8:45pm)Wednesday, December 22, 2021 (8:24am)
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At the site of Cladh Hallan.
Bronze Age Iron Age Neolithic Outreach Seminar

Video: Exploring applications of location-based augmented reality in an island landscape

The recording of October’s UHI Archaeology Institute research seminar, which took place on Friday, October 29, 2021.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, November 1, 2021 (11:42am)Monday, November 1, 2021 (11:44am)
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Bone deposit from the Ness of Brodgar
Seminar Zooarchaeology

Video: ‘Of trough and trencher’ – Prof Ingrid Mainland’s inaugural professorial lecture now online

The recording of Professor Ingrid Mainland’s inaugural professorial lecture on Thursday, October 7, 2021.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, October 26, 2021 (7:30am)Monday, October 25, 2021 (3:55pm)
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Seminar Zooarchaeology

Inaugural professorial lecture explores the archaeology of food, fodder and feasting

Professor Ingrid Mainland of the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute will deliver her inaugural professorial lecture online at 4pm today, Thursday.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, October 7, 2021 (7:30am)Wednesday, October 27, 2021 (8:33am)
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Bronze Age Iron Age Seminar

Video: ‘Out of the Round: Continuity and connection to landscape in hut circle communities’

Hannah Genders Boyd outlines her research on Bronze and Iron Age roundhouse communities in western Scotland and their relationship with the local environment.

by Sigurd TowrieSaturday, September 25, 2021 (9:56am)Saturday, September 25, 2021 (9:57am)
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Masks Unmasked Featured Image
Seminar

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.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, September 6, 2021 (2:13pm)Monday, September 6, 2021 (2:26pm)
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Multi-cupmarked stone from Structure Ten.
Neolithic Ness of Brodgar Seminar

‘The Ness in Rock and Stone’ – Orkney International Science Festival talk premieres on Sunday

The 31st Orkney Science Festival kicks off today and among the events on offer are talks on the ongoing excavations at the Ness of Brodgar, Orkney.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, September 2, 2021 (7:30am)Wednesday, September 1, 2021 (9:36am)
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Historiska Museet, Sweden
Seminar Viking/Norse

‘Women and men of the Viking Age’ – inaugural professorial lecture from Professor Alexandra Sanmark

Women and men of the Viking Age is the subject of Professor Alexandra Sanmark’s inaugural professorial lecture next month.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, August 23, 2021 (7:30am)Monday, August 23, 2021 (7:38am)
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Orphir shore, Orkney. (Sigurd Towrie)
Seminar Viking/Norse

‘Orphir: A Norse Economic Hub’ – free online seminar begins Scottish Society for Northern Studies’ new series

A talk on Norse period Orphir kicks off the Scottish Society for Northern Studies new season of online seminars next week.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, August 19, 2021 (11:28am)Thursday, August 26, 2021 (8:24pm)
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