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Category: SIRFA

SIRFA attendees (Sigurd Towrie)
Conference Research SIRFA

SIRFA Orkney research event comes to an end in Kirkwall

After two-and-a-half days of discussion and debate, the SIRFA research symposium drew to a close in Kirkwall this afternoon.

By Sigurd TowrieMonday, March 27, 2023 (8:24pm)Monday, March 27, 2023 (8:26pm)
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SIRFA Hoy Fieldtrip Group
Conference SIRFA

Hoy trip kicks off a weekend of SIRFA symposium events in Orkney

The island of Hoy was the destination for a group of SIRFA symposium participants on Friday, March 24.

By Sigurd TowrieSaturday, March 25, 2023 (12:36pm)Saturday, March 25, 2023 (12:38pm)
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Knap of Howar (Colin Richards)
Conference Research SIRFA

Experts gathering in Orkney for this weekend’s SIRFA symposium

Experts from around the world are gathering in Orkney this weekend for the third, and final, Scotland’s Island Research Framework for Archaeology (SIRFA) symposium.

By Sigurd TowrieThursday, March 23, 2023 (7:02am)Monday, March 27, 2023 (7:57pm)
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Conference Research SIRFA

Orkney playing host to 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)Monday, March 27, 2023 (7:59pm)
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Research SIRFA Student Stories

Student Research – Reconstructing the Bronze & Iron Age Landscape of Gairloch

University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute postgraduate student Hannah Genders Boyd updates us on her continuing MRes research into the Bronze and Iron Age landscapes of Gairloch on the west coast of Scotland.

By seanlisle1Wednesday, May 27, 2020 (11:09am)Friday, March 12, 2021 (6:27pm)
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Conference Research SIRFA

Western Isles symposium was a great success

In the second week of January, Dr Rebecca Rennell of the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute organised Scotland’s Island Research Framework for Archaeology (SIRFA) first research symposium.

By seanlisle1Thursday, January 24, 2019 (7:48am)Thursday, April 1, 2021 (9:52am)
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Archaeology SIRFA

New island archaeology research framework launched

By seanlisle1Friday, December 7, 2018 (5:16am)Friday, January 13, 2023 (1:30pm)
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